Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28
न जीवे वञ्चितोऽन्येन प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्ये न संशयः । एतन्मे वद विप्रेन्द्र परं कौतूहलं मम
na jīve vañcito'nyena prāṇāṃstyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ | etanme vada viprendra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama
“اگر مجھے کسی اور نے دھوکا دیا ہو تو میں زندہ نہ رہوں گا؛ بے شک میں اپنی جان دے دوں گا۔ اے برہمنوں کے سردار، یہ بات مجھے بتائیے؛ میرا تجسّس نہایت شدید ہے۔”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) narrative milieu
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira speaks with firm resolve, hand raised in oath-like gesture, expressing he would renounce life if deceived; the sage remains tranquil, indicating the coming revelation.
FAQs
Dharma includes integrity and accountability; dishonor through deception is portrayed as spiritually intolerable for the righteous.
No site is named in this verse; it intensifies the inquiry within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
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