Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
संदेशैर्दारुणैर्जिह्वा येषामुत्पाट्यते मुहुः । वाग्लोपनिरता ह्येते मृषावादपरायणाः
saṃdeśairdāruṇairjihvā yeṣāmutpāṭyate muhuḥ | vāglopaniratā hyete mṛṣāvādaparāyaṇāḥ
ഭീകര കല്പനകളാൽ ആരുടെ നാവ് വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും പിഴുതെടുക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ—അവർ വാക്കിന്റെ നാശത്തിൽ ആസക്തർ, മിഥ്യാവാദത്തിൽ പരായണർ।
Yama
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa (dvijottama)
Scene: A symbolic punishment scene: Yamadūtas executing harsh commands; the liar’s tongue is repeatedly torn—an allegory of speech abused and therefore disciplined by cosmic law.
FAQs
Truthful speech is a pillar of dharma; habitual lying and corrupting speech is depicted as leading to painful karmic consequences.
The teaching appears within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing moral disciplines aligned with sacred pilgrimage.
No explicit ritual; the implied practice is satya-vrata (commitment to truth) and vāk-śuddhi (purity of speech).