Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92
त्वयोक्तं कपिले पूर्वं शपथैरागमाय च । तेन मे कौतुकं जातं याताऽगच्छेत्पुनः कथम्
tvayoktaṃ kapile pūrvaṃ śapathairāgamāya ca | tena me kautukaṃ jātaṃ yātā'gacchetpunaḥ katham
हे कपिले, तू पूर्वी शपथांनी बांधून पुनः येण्याचे वचन दिले होतेस. त्यामुळे माझ्या मनात कुतूहल उत्पन्न झाले—जो निघून गेला तो पुन्हा कसा परत येईल?
Vyāghra (Tiger)
Scene: A questioning speaker addresses Kapilā, recalling her earlier oath to return; the moment is intimate, dialogic, and charged with wonder about how the departed can come back.
FAQs
The verse foregrounds vow-keeping (śapatha) as an extension of satya—truth binds one’s actions across time.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is the moral tension of promise and return within the Arbuda narrative.
None; it discusses an oath and the expectation of its fulfillment.