Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
त्रयीरूपेण धर्मात्मन्रक्षते सत्यमंदिरम् । जितेद्रिया जितात्मानो मिलितास्ते द्विजोत्तमाः
trayīrūpeṇa dharmātmanrakṣate satyamaṃdiram | jitedriyā jitātmāno militāste dvijottamāḥ
Ô homme de dharma, sous la forme de la Trayī—les trois Veda—elle veille sur le sanctuaire de la Vérité. Là se tenaient rassemblés les meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, ayant dompté leurs sens et maîtrisé leur être.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Satyamandira (within Dharmāraṇya)
Type: temple
Listener: dharmātman (addressed interlocutor)
Scene: A sanctum labeled ‘Satyamandira’ with a radiant Devī-form hovering as three Vedic streams (three scrolls or three flames) encircling the shrine; a gathered assembly of calm, austere brahmins with lowered gaze and folded hands.
FAQs
Truth and Dharma are safeguarded by the Divine through Vedic wisdom, and self-mastery is the qualification for approaching that Truth.
Dharmāraṇya is implied as the sacred setting; the verse also evokes a “Satyamaṃdira” (abode of Truth) as a sanctified locus.
The implied discipline is indriya-jaya (control of senses) and jitātmatā (self-control), rather than an external ritual.