Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
अश्लक्ष्णं चापि संदिग्धं पदांते गुरु चाक्षरम् । पराङ्मुखमुखं यच्च अनृतं चाप्यसंस्कृतम्
aślakṣṇaṃ cāpi saṃdigdhaṃ padāṃte guru cākṣaram | parāṅmukhamukhaṃ yacca anṛtaṃ cāpyasaṃskṛtam
ទោសទៀតគឺ៖ ពាក្យរឹងរ៉ៃ, ពាក្យសង្ស័យ, ពាក្យដែលមានព្យញ្ជនៈធ្ងន់នៅចុងពាក្យ; ពាក្យដែលចាប់ផ្តើមដោយការបើកមុខមិនល្អឬអសមរម្យ; ពាក្យមិនពិត និងពាក្យមិនបានកែច្នៃតាមវេយ្យាករណ៍។
Satyavrata
Scene: Contrasting panels: on one side a speaker with harsh expression causing distress; on the other a refined, truthful speaker beginning with maṅgala, calming listeners; emphasis on the moral contrast.
FAQs
Speech must be both ethically true and aesthetically/reflexively refined; harshness, ambiguity, and untruth are treated as spiritual and social defects.
No tīrtha appears; the verse continues a general teaching on defects in speech.
No external rite; it prescribes restraint and refinement—avoid harsh, doubtful, and untrue speech.