Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं मया सत्यं द्विजोत्तमाः । येन सत्येन तेनैष महाकालः प्रसीदतु
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā satyaṃ dvijottamāḥ | yena satyena tenaiṣa mahākālaḥ prasīdatu
हे द्विजोत्तमहो, हे सर्व मी तुम्हांला सत्यरूपाने सांगितले आहे; त्या सत्याच्या बळावर हा महाकाल प्रसन्न होवो.
Unnamed (context suggests the king concluding his truthful account to the brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Mahākāla
Type: temple
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: The speaker finishes his truthful account before brāhmaṇas and offers a concluding prayer: ‘May Mahākāla be pleased by this truth.’ The shrine glows; the assembly is solemn.
FAQs
Satya (truthfulness) itself becomes an act of worship, invoked to gain Mahākāla’s grace.
Mahākāla’s sacred sphere is being praised; in Purāṇic tīrtha-tradition this points to the Mahākāleśvara kṣetra (Ujjain).
No specific rite is detailed here; the verse foregrounds satya as a spiritually efficacious vow/offering.