Varaha Purana 139.47: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 47
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
सत्यं जयन्ति राजानस्त्रीण्येतान्यब्रुवन्नृतम् ॥ सत्येन गम्यते स्वर्गो मोक्षः सत्येन चाप्यते ॥
satyaṃ jayanti rājānas trīṇy etāny abruvan nṛtam || satyena gamyate svargo mokṣaḥ satyena cāpyate ||
राजा लोग सच से जीतते हैं, यह तीनों झूठ नहीं बोलते। सच से स्वर्ग मिलता है, सच से मुक्ति भी मिलती है।
Caṇḍāla (didactic continuation on satya; speaker inferred from immediate narrative flow)
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It links truthfulness to both governance and liberation, showing how Purāṇic ethics integrates social order (rājadharma) with soteriological ideals.
No geographic identification appears in this verse.
Truth is asserted as an enabling principle for worldly success (victory, kingship) and ultimate goals (heaven and liberation).
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