Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
सत्यशौचरतानां च धर्मिष्ठानां जितात्मनाम् । लोकोऽयं पापिनां नैव इति शास्त्रस्य निश्चयः
satyaśaucaratānāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhānāṃ jitātmanām | loko'yaṃ pāpināṃ naiva iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ
یہ دنیا سچائی اور پاکیزگی میں رَت، دیندار اور نفس پر قابو رکھنے والوں کی ہے؛ گناہگاروں کی نہیں—یہی شاستر کا قطعی فیصلہ ہے۔
Narrator (contextual; within the ongoing account in Revā Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A didactic proclamation: the world is for the truthful, pure, righteous, and self-mastered; sinners have no claim—presented as settled śāstric conclusion.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma exalts truth, purity, and self-mastery as the basis of a worthy life; sin erodes one’s rightful standing in the world.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a universal dharma principle within the Narmadā-context narrative.
No specific rite; it prescribes ethical disciplines—satya (truth), śauca (purity), and jitātmatā (self-control).