Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
मुखेनोक्तं त्वयाद्यैवमनृतं च तथा शुभे । अपवित्रं मुखं तेऽस्तु सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतम्
mukhenoktaṃ tvayādyaivamanṛtaṃ ca tathā śubhe | apavitraṃ mukhaṃ te'stu sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtam
“Wahai yang elok, kerana engkau telah mengucapkan ketidakbenaran dengan mulutmu, maka biarlah mulutmu menjadi tidak suci dan tersisih daripada segala dharma.”
The assembled gods (Devas) addressing Surabhī (from immediate context of cursing)
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: The curse is pronounced directly: Surabhī is addressed as ‘śubhe’; the focus is on the mouth as symbol of dharma—purity withdrawn due to untruth; devas’ faces are stern yet instructive.
FAQs
Speech is sacred; lying corrupts one’s ritual and moral standing.
No specific tirtha is praised in this verse; it is an ethical pronouncement within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
Implicitly, exclusion from dharmic rites due to impurity caused by false speech.