Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
एतत्खङ्गं गृहीत्वाशु मां प्रभो विनिपातय । येन ते स्यादृतं वाक्यं प्रतिज्ञातं च यत्पुरा
etatkhaṅgaṃ gṛhītvāśu māṃ prabho vinipātaya | yena te syādṛtaṃ vākyaṃ pratijñātaṃ ca yatpurā
“हे प्रभो! हे खड्ग घेऊन त्वरेने मला वध करा, ज्यायोगे तुमचे वचन सत्य ठरेल आणि पूर्वीची प्रतिज्ञा पूर्ण होईल.”
Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa offers the sword to Rāma, urging him to strike; his face is steady yet sorrow-tinged, embodying heroic renunciation.
FAQs
Upholding truth and vows is treated as sacred—even when it demands personal loss and sacrifice.
The narrative remains embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya sacred setting; the site-context frames the ethical gravity of vow-keeping.
No ritual act is prescribed; the verse emphasizes dharmic obligation to keep one’s pledged word (pratijñā).