Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
पुरा पञ्चशिरा आसीद्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । तेनानृतं वचश्चोक्तं कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे
purā pañcaśirā āsīdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tenānṛtaṃ vacaścoktaṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare
กาลก่อน พรหมผู้เป็นปิตามหะแห่งโลกทั้งหลายมีห้าเศียร ครั้งหนึ่งด้วยเหตุบางประการ ท่านได้กล่าววาจาอันไม่จริง
Narrator (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha / king addressed
Scene: Brahmā, the grandsire, depicted with five heads in a celestial court; a moment of speaking falsehood introduces tension in the cosmic order.
FAQs
Even the highest beings are bound by dharma; false speech becomes a cause for karmic consequence.
This verse begins the narrative that culminates in the glorification of Śuddharudra Tīrtha in the Revā (Narmadā) region.
None in this verse; it sets up the cause of the later expiatory pilgrimage and tīrtha-rite.