Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
व्याघ्र उवाच । स्वागतं तव कल्याणि सुधेनो सत्यवादिनि । न हि सत्यवतां किंचिदशुभं विद्यते क्वचित्
vyāghra uvāca | svāgataṃ tava kalyāṇi sudheno satyavādini | na hi satyavatāṃ kiṃcidaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit
വ്യാഘ്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—കല്യാണീ, നിനക്കു സ്വാഗതം; ഹേ സുദേനൂ, സത്യവാദിനീ! സത്യവാന്മാർക്കു എവിടെയും അശുഭം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല.
Vyāghra (the tiger)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The tiger speaks like a sage, greeting Sudhenū with reverence; the reversal of roles (predator as moral teacher) creates wonder and highlights the radiance of truth.
FAQs
Satya is presented as a shield: truthfulness generates auspiciousness and wards off misfortune.
The teaching is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha’s glory is expressed through dharmic exemplars rather than a named location in this verse.
No external ritual is prescribed; the verse prescribes a moral discipline—truthfulness.