Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
ते संति साक्षिमो देवा अस्मिन्नर्थे वदत्वरम् । अर्थेऽस्मिन्भव साक्षी त्वं केतक्या सह सुव्रते
te saṃti sākṣimo devā asminnarthe vadatvaram | arthe'sminbhava sākṣī tvaṃ ketakyā saha suvrate
ഈ കാര്യത്തിൽ ആ ദേവന്മാർ സാക്ഷികളാണ്—വേഗം പറഞ്ഞ് പിന്തുണയ്ക്കൂ. ഓ സുവ്രതേ! നീയും കേതകിയോടൊപ്പം ഈ വിഷയത്തിൽ സാക്ഷിയാകുക.
Brahmā (addressing Surabhī; Ketakī invoked as co-witness)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within the Skanda Purāṇa frame
Scene: Brahmā urgently instructs that the devas are witnesses and commands Ketakī to testify; Ketakī flower personified, standing beside Surabhī, poised to be brought forward.
FAQs
Dharma condemns manufacturing witnesses; truth is not established by numbers but by integrity.
Kedāra-kṣetra remains the setting; the episode supports the Shaiva Mahātmya by contrasting human-like schemes with Śiva’s omniscience.
None; it focuses on testimony and moral responsibility.