सत्यं सत्यं त्रिसत्यं पुनः सत्यं न मृषा पुनः । न वेदादपरं शास्त्रं न देवोच्युततः परः
satyaṃ satyaṃ trisatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ na mṛṣā punaḥ | na vedādaparaṃ śāstraṃ na devocyutataḥ paraḥ
ସତ୍ୟ, ସତ୍ୟ, ତ୍ରିବାର ସତ୍ୟ; ପୁନଃ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହା ସତ୍ୟ, କେବେ ମିଥ୍ୟା ନୁହେଁ। ବେଦଠାରୁ ଉଚ୍ଚ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର ନାହିଁ, ଏବଂ ଅଚ୍ୟୁତ (ବିଷ୍ଣୁ)ଠାରୁ ଉଚ୍ଚ ଦେବ ନାହିଁ।
Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context in the same adhyāya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn proclamation in Kāśī: a sage or narrator raises a hand in oath-like emphasis—‘satyaṃ’ repeated—while a radiant four-armed Acyuta stands above a stylized Veda manuscript; in the background, Kāśī ghāṭs and a hint of Viśvanātha’s spire situate the setting.
It emphatically affirms the supremacy of Vedic authority and proclaims Acyuta (Viṣṇu) as the highest divine reality.
The broader setting is Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Varanasi/Kashi Mahatmya), though this verse itself is a doctrinal proclamation rather than a site-description.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a theological assertion meant to ground devotion and scriptural trust.