Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
देव्युवाच । किमसौ रोगवान्राजा सार्वभौमो महीपतिः । तस्य धर्मरतस्यापि कस्माद्रोग समुद्भवः
devyuvāca | kimasau rogavānrājā sārvabhaumo mahīpatiḥ | tasya dharmaratasyāpi kasmādroga samudbhavaḥ
Nữ Thần nói: “Vì sao vị vua ấy—bậc Chuyển luân, chúa tể cõi đất—lại mắc bệnh? Dẫu ông hằng vui trong dharma, bệnh này do nguyên nhân nào mà phát sinh?”
Devī (the Goddess)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated beside Īśvara in a sacred grove near Prabhāsa, questions the paradox of a dharmic universal monarch afflicted by disease; sages listen attentively.
FAQs
Even a dharma-minded ruler can face suffering; the Purāṇas often use such questions to introduce karmic causality and hidden faults like pride or transgression.
The passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa region), though this verse itself sets up the narrative rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is an inquiry initiating the teaching.