Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59
व्याघ्रस्य कामरूपस्य दातव्यं जीवितं मया । तेनाहं शपथैर्मुक्ता कारणात्तव पुत्रक
vyāghrasya kāmarūpasya dātavyaṃ jīvitaṃ mayā | tenāhaṃ śapathairmuktā kāraṇāttava putraka
যে ব্যাঘ্র ইচ্ছামতো রূপ ধারণ করতে পারে, তাকে আমাকে জীবন সমর্পণ করতে হবে। এই কারণেই, প্রিয় বৎস, শপথের বন্ধন থেকে আমি (পালন করে) মুক্ত হব।
Mother (unnamed)
Listener: Vatsa
Scene: Kapilā reveals the stark obligation: she must give her life to a shape-shifting tiger; the atmosphere tightens, with the forest looming as a moral arena.
FAQs
Truthfulness and vow-keeping are treated as binding dharma, even at the cost of one’s own life.
The broader setting is Arbudakhaṇḍa (Arbuda/Mount Abu sacred region); this specific verse emphasizes narrative dharma rather than a named tīrtha.
None; the verse centers on the moral force of śapatha (solemn oath).