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
“Dahulu, wahai Kapilā, engkau telah berjanji—mengikat diri dengan sumpah yang suci—bahawa engkau akan kembali. Maka timbullah kehairananku: bagaimana mungkin yang telah pergi dapat datang semula?”
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.