Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
कद्रूरुवाच । ब्रूहि भद्रे सहस्रांशोरश्वः किंवर्णको भवेत् । अहं ब्रवीमि कृष्णोऽयं त्वं किं वदसि तद्वद
kadrūruvāca | brūhi bhadre sahasrāṃśoraśvaḥ kiṃvarṇako bhavet | ahaṃ bravīmi kṛṣṇo'yaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ vadasi tadvada
Kadrū dit : «Dis-moi, ô bien-aimée : de quelle couleur est ce cheval de Sahasrāṃśu (le Soleil) ? Moi, je dis qu’il est noir. Et toi, que dis-tu ? Parle selon ta pensée.»
Kadrū
Listener: Vinatā
Scene: Kadrū addresses Vinatā with a pointed question about the Sun’s horse Uccaiḥśravā, initiating a tense wager; the horse is envisioned as radiant, celestial, and central to the dispute.
FAQs
Speech becomes a moral test: asserting claims and demanding assent can lead either to truthfulness or to deceit-driven conflict.
None; the verse is part of a mythic episode rather than a tīrtha description.
None.