Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
करिष्यति तथा यस्तु शपथं चात्र मानवः । असत्यं यास्यति क्षिप्रं स यमस्य गृहं प्रति
kariṣyati tathā yastu śapathaṃ cātra mānavaḥ | asatyaṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ sa yamasya gṛhaṃ prati
Mais l’homme qui, ici, prête serment puis profère le mensonge, ira bien vite à la demeure de Yama.
Unspecified in snippet (contextual admonition within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Kūpikā-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A man raises his hand in oath near the well and liṅga; shadowy attendants of Yama appear in the background as a warning tableau, contrasting the bright shrine with dark consequence.
FAQs
A tīrtha magnifies moral accountability: taking an oath and then lying is a grave adharma leading to swift negative karmic consequence.
The same tīrtha context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 58; the verse warns about conduct ‘here’ at the sacred spot.
It implicitly prescribes truthfulness in vows/oaths taken at the tīrtha; avoid asatya after śapatha.