Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
सत्यवादस्तपो नित्यं प्राणिनां भुवि दुर्लभम् । सुप्ते देवपतौ कुर्वन्ननंतफलभाग्भवेत्
satyavādastapo nityaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi durlabham | supte devapatau kurvannanaṃtaphalabhāgbhavet
সত্যবচন নিত্য তপস্যা, পৃথিৱীত প্ৰাণীৰ মাজত ই দুষ্প্ৰাপ্য। দেবপতি পবিত্ৰ নিদ্ৰাত (চাতুৰ্মাসত) থাকোঁতে যিয়ে ই পালন কৰে, সি অনন্ত ফলৰ অংশীদাৰ হয়।
Brahmā
Scene: A devotee during monsoon months, hands folded before Hari, with a symbolic sleeping Viṣṇu (śayana) motif, while the devotee restrains speech and records truthful vows.
FAQs
Ethical integrity—especially truthfulness—is a high austerity; in sacred times its spiritual yield multiplies.
No specific site is named; the verse highlights the sanctity of Cāturmāsya within the larger tīrtha-māhātmya context.
Maintain satyavāda (truthfulness) as a vowed discipline, particularly during Cāturmāsya.