Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
त्रयीरूपेण धर्मात्मन्रक्षते सत्यमंदिरम् । जितेद्रिया जितात्मानो मिलितास्ते द्विजोत्तमाः
trayīrūpeṇa dharmātmanrakṣate satyamaṃdiram | jitedriyā jitātmāno militāste dvijottamāḥ
ഹേ ധർമ്മാത്മാവേ, ത്രയീ-രൂപത്തിൽ അവൾ സത്യമന്ദിരത്തെ കാത്തുരക്ഷിക്കുന്നു. ഇന്ദ്രിയജിതരും ആത്മജിതരും ആയ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദ്വിജർ അവിടെ സമവേതരായി നിന്നു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Satyamandira (within Dharmāraṇya)
Type: temple
Listener: dharmātman (addressed interlocutor)
Scene: A sanctum labeled ‘Satyamandira’ with a radiant Devī-form hovering as three Vedic streams (three scrolls or three flames) encircling the shrine; a gathered assembly of calm, austere brahmins with lowered gaze and folded hands.
FAQs
Truth and Dharma are safeguarded by the Divine through Vedic wisdom, and self-mastery is the qualification for approaching that Truth.
Dharmāraṇya is implied as the sacred setting; the verse also evokes a “Satyamaṃdira” (abode of Truth) as a sanctified locus.
The implied discipline is indriya-jaya (control of senses) and jitātmatā (self-control), rather than an external ritual.