Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
यद्यहं मनसा वापि कामये नापरं पतिम् । एतेन सत्यवाक्येन यातु जारः स्वयं क्षयम्
yadyahaṃ manasā vāpi kāmaye nāparaṃ patim | etena satyavākyena yātu jāraḥ svayaṃ kṣayam
إن كنتُ حتى في خاطري لا أشتهي زوجًا غير زوجي—فبهذه الكلمة الصادقة، فليذهب العاشق الزاني حالًا إلى هلاكه بنفسه.
The woman (devī—female figure in the narrative, speaking a truth-utterance/curse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: She declares mental exclusivity to her husband, invoking truth to destroy the ‘jāra’; the scene is charged yet calm, suggesting the stillness of inner purity behind fierce words.
FAQs
Purity is framed not only as external conduct but also as inner intention; the mind’s fidelity is treated as dharmically significant.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where moral power and karmic consequence are narrated within a sacred landscape.
None directly; the verse centers on satya-vākya as a dharmic act rather than a formal ritual.