Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
कद्रूरुवाच । ब्रूहि भद्रे सहस्रांशोरश्वः किंवर्णको भवेत् । अहं ब्रवीमि कृष्णोऽयं त्वं किं वदसि तद्वद
kadrūruvāca | brūhi bhadre sahasrāṃśoraśvaḥ kiṃvarṇako bhavet | ahaṃ bravīmi kṛṣṇo'yaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ vadasi tadvada
കദ്രൂ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭദ്രേ, പറയുക; സഹസ്രാംശു (സൂര്യൻ)ന്റെ ഈ അശ്വം ഏതു വർണ്ണമുള്ളത്? ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു—ഇത് കൃഷ്ണവർണ്ണം; നീ എന്തു പറയുന്നു, അതു പറയുക।
Kadrū
Listener: Vinatā
Scene: Kadrū addresses Vinatā with a pointed question about the Sun’s horse Uccaiḥśravā, initiating a tense wager; the horse is envisioned as radiant, celestial, and central to the dispute.
FAQs
Speech becomes a moral test: asserting claims and demanding assent can lead either to truthfulness or to deceit-driven conflict.
None; the verse is part of a mythic episode rather than a tīrtha description.
None.