Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
सत्येन स्वर्गमोक्षौ च नासत्येन परा गतिः । तस्मासत्यं समाश्रित्य प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्
satyena svargamokṣau ca nāsatyena parā gatiḥ | tasmāsatyaṃ samāśritya pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam
سچائی سے سُورگ اور موکش دونوں حاصل ہوتے ہیں؛ جھوٹ سے کوئی اعلیٰ منزل نہیں۔ اس لیے سچ کی پناہ لے کر میں آگ میں داخل ہوں گی۔
A devoted woman in the narrative (speaker not named in the snippet)
Scene: A resolute woman before a sacrificial fire, hands in añjali, declaring refuge in truth; flames rise like a gateway to higher worlds.
FAQs
Truthfulness is depicted as a direct cause of both worldly merit (svarga) and ultimate liberation (mokṣa).
No particular pilgrimage site is mentioned; the focus is the moral power of satya within a Śaiva narrative.
A vow-like act is implied—entering fire as a testimony to truth—though it is narrative rather than a general injunction.