Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
दक्ष उवाच । मया धर्म्यमपि प्रोक्तो वाक्यमेष कुबुद्धिमान् । नाकरोन्मे पुरः प्रोच्य करिष्यामीत्य सत्यवाक्
dakṣa uvāca | mayā dharmyamapi prokto vākyameṣa kubuddhimān | nākaronme puraḥ procya kariṣyāmītya satyavāk
قال دكشا: لقد قلتُ له أيضًا كلامًا موافقًا للدارما، غير أن هذا الأحمق لم يعمل به. وقد وعدني أمامي قائلاً: «سأفعل»، ثم خان كلمته.
Dakṣa
Listener: Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)
Scene: Dakṣa, stern and wounded, recounts to Śiva how the Moon promised obedience yet failed; a court-like assembly with sages as witnesses, tension in posture and gesture.
FAQs
Keeping one’s word and acting on dharmic counsel are central virtues; failure in satya leads to grave consequences.
The dialogue occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-centered Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.
None; this verse focuses on ethical causality—speech, promise, and accountability.