Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
कपिलो वाच । शपथैरागमिष्यामि सत्यमेतच्छृणुष्व मे । प्रत्ययो यदि ते भूयान्मां मुञ्च त्वं मृगाधिप
kapilo vāca | śapathairāgamiṣyāmi satyametacchṛṇuṣva me | pratyayo yadi te bhūyānmāṃ muñca tvaṃ mṛgādhipa
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Kapilā (Cow)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kapilā speaks with luminous resolve, as if invoking sacred witness; the tiger listens, slightly softened. The moment is centered on the spoken vow—an invisible ‘bond’ depicted as a subtle aura around the cow.
FAQs
Truth (satya) is upheld through vowed commitment (śapatha) and the willingness to be tested—dharma is demonstrated by returning.
This line is part of the Arbuda section’s narrative; no specific tīrtha is directly praised in the verse itself.
An oath (śapatha) is invoked as a sacred moral instrument; no formal rite like snāna or dāna is specified.