Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
पुलस्त्य उपाच । तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ततो देवी प्रहर्षिता । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं सत्यमेतत्त्व योदितम्
pulastya upāca | tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato devī praharṣitā | provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ satyametattva yoditam
Pulastya dit : Ayant entendu ses paroles, la Devī fut comblée de joie et prononça d’une voix douce : «Ce que tu as dit est, en vérité, juste.»
Pulastya
Listener: Primary audience within frame-story (king and/or assembled sages); immediate scene: Devī responding to the prior speaker
Scene: Pulastya, the sage-narrator, describes Devī’s delighted reaction; Devī smiles and speaks gently, affirming the prior statement as true—an atmosphere of resolution and sanctioned testimony.
FAQs
Truthful speech invites divine approval; satya becomes the bridge for harmony among sacred powers.
No named site appears in this verse; it advances the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative that frames local sacrality.
None; it is a narrative affirmation of satya.