Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 174
पश्चादुदयते सूर्यः शोषं याति महार्णवः । अपि मेरुश्च शीर्येत न मे स्यादन्यथा वचः
paścādudayate sūryaḥ śoṣaṃ yāti mahārṇavaḥ | api meruśca śīryeta na me syādanyathā vacaḥ
Le soleil peut se lever à l’occident ; le grand océan peut se dessécher ; même le mont Meru peut se disloquer ; pourtant mes paroles ne sauraient être autrement.
Śiṣya (disciple, emphatic assertion to his guru)
Scene: A split-scene imagination: the disciple speaking in the foreground; behind him, symbolic visions—sun rising in the west, a dried ocean bed, and Meru crumbling—illustrate the hyperbole.
FAQs
Satya is portrayed as unshakable; the speaker affirms unwavering truth using cosmic impossibilities.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the narrative’s moral authority within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the focus is on the firmness of truthful speech.