Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 174
पश्चादुदयते सूर्यः शोषं याति महार्णवः । अपि मेरुश्च शीर्येत न मे स्यादन्यथा वचः
paścādudayate sūryaḥ śoṣaṃ yāti mahārṇavaḥ | api meruśca śīryeta na me syādanyathā vacaḥ
সূর্য পশ্চিমে উদিত হোক, মহাসমুদ্র শুকিয়ে যাক, মেরু পর্বতও ভেঙে পড়ুক—তবু আমার বাক্য অন্যথা হবে না।
Śiṣya (disciple, emphatic assertion to his guru)
Scene: A split-scene imagination: the disciple speaking in the foreground; behind him, symbolic visions—sun rising in the west, a dried ocean bed, and Meru crumbling—illustrate the hyperbole.
FAQs
Satya is portrayed as unshakable; the speaker affirms unwavering truth using cosmic impossibilities.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the narrative’s moral authority within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the focus is on the firmness of truthful speech.
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