Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
सख्य ऊचुः । त्वं नंदिनि नमस्कार्या सर्वेरपि सुरासुरैः । या त्वं सत्यप्रतिष्ठार्थं प्राणांस्त्यजसि दुस्त्यजान्
sakhya ūcuḥ | tvaṃ naṃdini namaskāryā sarverapi surāsuraiḥ | yā tvaṃ satyapratiṣṭhārthaṃ prāṇāṃstyajasi dustyajān
Die Gefährten sprachen: „O Nandinī, du bist von allen verehrungswürdig, von Göttern wie auch Asuras; denn um das Fundament der Wahrheit zu wahren, würdest du selbst den schwer aufzugebenden Lebenshauch hingeben.“
Sakhyaḥ (Nandinī’s companions)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nandinī
Scene: Companions acclaim Nandinī; devas and asuras symbolically bow, acknowledging her willingness to sacrifice life to uphold truth.
FAQs
Satya is so sacred that upholding it becomes an act worthy of universal reverence.
The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; no explicit tīrtha-name appears in this line.
None explicitly; the focus is on satya-pratiṣṭhā (establishing truth) as a dharmic commitment.