Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
सत्यं सत्यं त्रिसत्यं पुनः सत्यं न मृषा पुनः । न वेदादपरं शास्त्रं न देवोच्युततः परः
satyaṃ satyaṃ trisatyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ na mṛṣā punaḥ | na vedādaparaṃ śāstraṃ na devocyutataḥ paraḥ
حق ہے، حق ہے، تین بار حق؛ پھر بھی حق ہی ہے، ہرگز جھوٹ نہیں۔ وید سے بڑھ کر کوئی شاستر نہیں، اور اچیوت (وشنو) سے برتر کوئی دیوتا نہیں۔
Vyāsa (deduced from immediate narrative context in the same adhyāya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A solemn proclamation in Kāśī: a sage or narrator raises a hand in oath-like emphasis—‘satyaṃ’ repeated—while a radiant four-armed Acyuta stands above a stylized Veda manuscript; in the background, Kāśī ghāṭs and a hint of Viśvanātha’s spire situate the setting.
FAQs
It emphatically affirms the supremacy of Vedic authority and proclaims Acyuta (Viṣṇu) as the highest divine reality.
The broader setting is Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Varanasi/Kashi Mahatmya), though this verse itself is a doctrinal proclamation rather than a site-description.
None explicitly; the verse functions as a theological assertion meant to ground devotion and scriptural trust.