Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112
मृषावादप्रसक्तानां पररंध्रावलोकिनाम् । तन्मे स्याद्यदि नो हन्मि सर्पं दृष्टिवशं गतम्
mṛṣāvādaprasaktānāṃ pararaṃdhrāvalokinām | tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam
إن لم أضرب الحيّة التي وقعت تحت سلطان نظري، فليحلّ عليّ إثم المولعين بالكذب، وإثم المتجسّسين على عيوب الناس وأسرارهم.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a vow-like utterance within the tīrtha episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The hero, unwavering, declares he will bear the sins of liars and fault-seekers if he fails to kill the serpent; the serpent is frozen, as if truth’s radiance pins it down.
FAQs
Truthfulness and restraint of speech are dharmic essentials; habitual lying and fault-finding are portrayed as serious spiritual stains.
Within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 29); the excerpt does not provide the tīrtha’s name.
No explicit rite is mentioned.