Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
मातुर्वियोगतस्तात सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । धर्मद्रोणाः स्थिताश्चान्ये मन्वाद्या मुनयस्तथा
māturviyogatastāta satyametanmayoditam | dharmadroṇāḥ sthitāścānye manvādyā munayastathā
„O Lieber, wegen der Trennung von der Mutter ist das, was ich gesagt habe, wahr. Auch andere stehen als Zeugen da – die Dharma-droṇas und ebenso Weise, beginnend mit Manu.“
Gautama
Listener: tāta (the addressed youth, likely Śatānanda)
Scene: A speaker addresses a grieving youth: ‘Because of separation from your mother, this is true’; behind them, an assembly of venerable sages—Manu and others—sit as solemn witnesses, suggesting a dharma-court atmosphere.
FAQs
It anchors the statement in traditional authority—truth is reinforced through the presence/invocation of Manu and other sages.
No site is named in this verse.
None; it is an appeal to truth and authoritative witnesses.