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
ഈ ലോകത്ത് മനുഷ്യജന്മം ലഭിച്ചിട്ടും, പശുവിന്റെ കാര്യമോ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്റെ കാര്യമോ പറഞ്ഞ് അസത്യം പറയുന്നവർ കുഴഞ്ഞവരും കുരുടരും ബധിരരുമാകുന്നു.
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.