Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22
जाता दासी न सन्देहः श्वेतो भास्करवाहनः । उच्चैःश्रवा हयः श्वेतो न कृष्णो विद्यते क्वचित्
jātā dāsī na sandehaḥ śveto bhāskaravāhanaḥ | uccaiḥśravā hayaḥ śveto na kṛṣṇo vidyate kvacit
“وہ یقیناً لونڈی بنے گی، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں؛ کیونکہ سورج دیو کا سواری (واہن) سفید ہے۔ اُچّیَہ شروَا وہ گھوڑا بھی سفید ہے؛ کہیں بھی وہ سیاہ نہیں پایا جاتا۔”
Serpents (Nāgāḥ) (deduced from immediate context: their reaction and planning)
Scene: A speaker insists the horse must be white, citing the Sun’s white mount and the famed white Uccaiḥśravā; the tone is forceful, as if sealing another’s fate.
FAQs
When truth is evident, clinging to false victory leads to adharma and sets the stage for deceit.
None; the verse focuses on the mythic figure Uccaiḥśravā and the wager’s consequence.
None.