Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
त्वां द्रष्टुं नैव शक्रोमि पिबंतमग्निवद्घृतम् । पश्चात्प्राणपरित्यक्तं सत्येना त्मानमालभे
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«Je ne puis supporter de te voir boire le ghee comme s’il était du feu. Après que tu auras quitté la vie, moi aussi, par la puissance de la vérité, j’abandonnerai mon propre être.»
Mother (continuing)
Type: kund
Scene: Close, emotionally charged moment: the mother imagines the son consuming ghee like fire; her eyes brim with tears as she vows to relinquish life by truth’s power after him.
FAQs
Satya (truth) is portrayed as a potent vow-force, but the verse also warns of the human cost of extreme penance.
The broader unit is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, with the narrative moving toward the sacred place called Vāstupada.
A severe, fire-linked expiation is implied through the imagery of consuming ghee like fire; it is narrated as a dramatic act, not as a general injunction.