Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
सत्यवादस्तपो नित्यं प्राणिनां भुवि दुर्लभम् । सुप्ते देवपतौ कुर्वन्ननंतफलभाग्भवेत्
satyavādastapo nityaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi durlabham | supte devapatau kurvannanaṃtaphalabhāgbhavet
Dire la vérité est un tapas constant, rare parmi les êtres sur la terre. Celui qui le pratique tandis que le Seigneur des dieux demeure en sommeil sacré (durant Cāturmāsya) devient participant de fruits sans fin.
Brahmā
Scene: A devotee during monsoon months, hands folded before Hari, with a symbolic sleeping Viṣṇu (śayana) motif, while the devotee restrains speech and records truthful vows.
FAQs
Ethical integrity—especially truthfulness—is a high austerity; in sacred times its spiritual yield multiplies.
No specific site is named; the verse highlights the sanctity of Cāturmāsya within the larger tīrtha-māhātmya context.
Maintain satyavāda (truthfulness) as a vowed discipline, particularly during Cāturmāsya.