Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99
जहि नैवात्र पश्यामि दोषं कंचन ते प्रभो । श्रुत्वेति वाचं गोविंदात्सत्यार्थामपि भारत
jahi naivātra paśyāmi doṣaṃ kaṃcana te prabho | śrutveti vācaṃ goviṃdātsatyārthāmapi bhārata
“याचा वध कर; हे प्रभो, येथे तुझा कोणताही दोष मला दिसत नाही।” गोविंदाची ही सत्यार्थ वाणी ऐकून, हे भारत…
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa implied by epic-style address 'Bhārata')
Listener: Implied audience/descendant of Bharata; within scene, the hearer is the warrior being sanctioned
Scene: Govinda speaks a final sanction—‘Jahi’—while the addressed hero stands ready; the narrator’s voice frames the moment as truth-bearing and dharma-confirming.
FAQs
Divine counsel is presented as dharmically authoritative—words of Govinda are described as truth-bearing.
None; this is a narrative transition within the battle account.
None.