Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18
असत्या यदि मे वाणी कृष्ण उच्चैःश्रवा यदि । तदाहं त्वद्गृहे दासी भवामि सर्पमातृके
asatyā yadi me vāṇī kṛṣṇa uccaiḥśravā yadi | tadāhaṃ tvadgṛhe dāsī bhavāmi sarpamātṛke
“اگر میری بات جھوٹی نکلے—اگر اُچّیَہ شروَا واقعی سیاہ ہو—تو اے سانپوں کی ماں، میں تیرے گھر میں باندی بن جاؤں گی۔”
Vinatā (deduced from narrative context of Kadrū–Vinatā wager)
Listener: Kadrū
Scene: Vinatā states the conditional: if her claim is false and Uccaiḥśravā is black, she will become Kadrū’s bondwoman—an image of dignity placed at risk for truth.
FAQs
Truthfulness is tested by outcomes; accepting consequences for one’s claim is a dharmic restraint on speech.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it serves the larger Purāṇic narrative thread in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
None; it is a conditional vow tied to a factual claim.