Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 140
त्यक्तस्वकीयवचना वृत्तिहीना भविष्यथ । ततस्तन्मध्यतः कश्चिच्चातुर्विद्य उवाच ह
tyaktasvakīyavacanā vṛttihīnā bhaviṣyatha | tatastanmadhyataḥ kaściccāturvidya uvāca ha
«En reniant votre propre parole, vous serez privés de moyens d’existence.» Alors, du milieu d’eux, un maître des quatre sciences prit la parole.
Unspecified narrator (introducing a speaker)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A tense council where someone warns that abandoning one’s pledged word will result in loss of livelihood; then a learned ‘cāturvidya’ scholar rises from the group to speak, shifting the mood toward reasoned dharma.
FAQs
Breaking one’s pledged word undermines dharma and leads to social and material downfall.
No specific tīrtha is named; it is a moral-narrative transition within Dharmāraṇya.
None; it is a warning and a narrative introduction to a learned speaker.