Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26
इष्टो गोत्रजनः कश्चिल्लोभेनावृतमानसः । न च द्वैधं परित्यज्य ह्येकं सत्यं भविष्यति
iṣṭo gotrajanaḥ kaścillobhenāvṛtamānasaḥ | na ca dvaidhaṃ parityajya hyekaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati
“لالچ سے ڈھکا ہوا دل رکھنے والا کوئی محبوب رشتہ دار بھی اٹھ کھڑا ہوگا۔ اور جب تک دو رُخی نہ چھوڑی جائے، ایک ہی ثابت قدم سچ قائم نہ ہوگا۔”
Lakṣmī (Ramā Devī) (deduced from context 28–29)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A close, intimate scene: a once-beloved kinsman stands with shadowed face and grasping hands, while two paths diverge—one labeled duplicity, the other single truth—Devī’s gaze urging the abandonment of the former.
FAQs
Greed breeds duplicity even among loved ones; truth becomes possible only when inner double-mindedness is renounced.
None explicitly; the verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative frame associated with the Narmadā’s sacred landscape.
No ritual is prescribed; the focus is on moral conduct—truthfulness and freedom from greed.