Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83
इह मानुष्यतां प्राप्य पङ्ग्वन्धबधिरा नराः । गवार्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे च ह्यनृतं वदतामिह
iha mānuṣyatāṃ prāpya paṅgvandhabadhirā narāḥ | gavārthe brāhmaṇārthe ca hyanṛtaṃ vadatāmiha
Di dunia ini, meski telah memperoleh kelahiran sebagai manusia, mereka menjadi pincang, buta, dan tuli—yakni orang yang berkata dusta demi urusan sapi, atau demi kepentingan para brāhmaṇa.
Deductive: Skanda (Kārttikeya) narrating within Āvantya Khaṇḍa’s Reva Khaṇḍa frame
Scene: A moral allegory: a person giving false testimony over cows or Brahmin dues; the karmic result shown as a later-life figure who is lame, blind, and deaf—contrasting courtroom/assembly with the suffering rebirth.
FAQs
Truthfulness is central to dharma; deceit in sensitive sacred-social domains (cows and Brahmin-related matters) ripens into bodily impairment.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse is ethical instruction within the Reva Khaṇḍa’s Revā sacred-geography narrative.
No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is satya (truth) and careful speech in dharmic/legal and sacred matters.