Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
असत्या यदि मे वाणी कृष्ण उच्चैःश्रवा यदि । तदाहं त्वद्गृहे दासी भवामि सर्पमातृके
asatyā yadi me vāṇī kṛṣṇa uccaiḥśravā yadi | tadāhaṃ tvadgṛhe dāsī bhavāmi sarpamātṛke
যদি আমার বাক্য মিথ্যা হয়—যদি উচ্চৈঃশ্রবা সত্যিই কৃষ্ণবর্ণ হয়—তবে, হে সর্পমাতৃকে, আমি তোমার গৃহে দাসী হব।
Vinatā (deduced from narrative context of Kadrū–Vinatā wager)
Listener: Kadrū
Scene: Vinatā states the conditional: if her claim is false and Uccaiḥśravā is black, she will become Kadrū’s bondwoman—an image of dignity placed at risk for truth.
FAQs
Truthfulness is tested by outcomes; accepting consequences for one’s claim is a dharmic restraint on speech.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it serves the larger Purāṇic narrative thread in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; it is a conditional vow tied to a factual claim.
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