Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तं दृष्ट्वा स प्रणम्योच्चै स्ततः प्रोवाच सादरम् । क्षयव्याधियुतश्चन्द्रो निर्वेदाद्द्विजसत्तमाः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa praṇamyoccai stataḥ provāca sādaram | kṣayavyādhiyutaścandro nirvedāddvijasattamāḥ
见到他，便深深顶礼，继而恭敬而言。月神旃陀罗（Candra）为消耗之病所困，出于深切的厌离与绝望而说道：“噢，二生之中最胜者！”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Candra, pale and diminished, approaches the radiant sage Romaka; he bows deeply, hands folded, eyes lowered in reverence, conveying both suffering and hope.
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In crisis, humility and reverence toward realized sages open the path to counsel and sacred remedy.
The encounter is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya sequence.
Praṇāma (bowing) is shown as an essential dharmic approach to a sage; no further rite is detailed in this verse.
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