Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
सत्यशौचरतानां च धर्मिष्ठानां जितात्मनाम् । लोकोऽयं पापिनां नैव इति शास्त्रस्य निश्चयः
satyaśaucaratānāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhānāṃ jitātmanām | loko'yaṃ pāpināṃ naiva iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ
সত্য-শৌচতাত ৰত, ধৰ্মিষ্ঠ আৰু জিতাত্মা লোকসকলৰেই এই লোক; পাপীৰ বাবে নহয়—এইয়েই শাস্ত্ৰৰ স্থিৰ সিদ্ধান্ত।
Narrator (contextual; within the ongoing account in Revā Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A didactic proclamation: the world is for the truthful, pure, righteous, and self-mastered; sinners have no claim—presented as settled śāstric conclusion.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma exalts truth, purity, and self-mastery as the basis of a worthy life; sin erodes one’s rightful standing in the world.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a universal dharma principle within the Narmadā-context narrative.
No specific rite; it prescribes ethical disciplines—satya (truth), śauca (purity), and jitātmatā (self-control).