Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
विनतोवाच । पश्यसे ननु नेत्रैश्च कृष्णं श्वेतं न पश्यसि । असत्यभाषणाद्भद्रे यमलोकं गमिष्यसि
vinatovāca | paśyase nanu netraiśca kṛṣṇaṃ śvetaṃ na paśyasi | asatyabhāṣaṇādbhadre yamalokaṃ gamiṣyasi
Vinatā berkata: “Engkau melihat dengan matamu sendiri—tidakkah engkau melihat yang putih, malah melihat yang hitam? Wahai yang dikasihi, kerana berkata dusta engkau akan pergi ke alam Yama.”
Vinatā
Listener: Kadrū
Scene: Vinatā rebukes Kadrū: the horse is plainly white; false speech leads to Yama’s realm—an admonition with a shadow of afterlife judgment.
FAQs
Truthfulness (satya) is a pillar of dharma; deliberate false speech brings karmic consequence, symbolized here by Yama’s realm.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on moral causality (karma) tied to speech.
None; it is an ethical admonition against asatya (falsehood).