Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
रुक्मिण्युवाच । कल्याणी बत वाणीयं लौकिकी संविभाव्यते । कूपके चैव सिन्धौ च प्रमाणान्नाधिकं जलम्
rukmiṇyuvāca | kalyāṇī bata vāṇīyaṃ laukikī saṃvibhāvyate | kūpake caiva sindhau ca pramāṇānnādhikaṃ jalam
Sinabi ni Rukmiṇī: “Ay, sa aba—ang pananalitang tinatawag na ‘mapalad’ ay tinitimbang sa paraang makamundo. Sa munting balon man o sa karagatan, ang tubig ay hanggang sa sukat lamang na kayang paglagyan.”
Rukmiṇī
Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Rukmiṇī speaks in reflective sorrow, offering a philosophical analogy: a small well and the vast ocean both yield only as much water as the measure permits—hinting at the limits of worldly appraisal of sacred speech.
FAQs
Worldly evaluation is limited by ‘measure’; true value (especially of dharma and devotion) exceeds ordinary standards.
The verse occurs within Dvārakā Māhātmya, aligning the teaching with Dvārakā’s sacred narrative frame.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a moral-philosophical reflection within the story.