Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
तच्चेज्जानासि तं ब्रूहि चतुर्णां देहि जीवितम् । सरं क्ष्याप्नुहि सत्कीर्तिं क्षयं चाखिलपाप्मनः
taccejjānāsi taṃ brūhi caturṇāṃ dehi jīvitam | saraṃ kṣyāpnuhi satkīrtiṃ kṣayaṃ cākhilapāpmanaḥ
اگر تم واقعی اسے جانتے ہو تو ہمیں بتا دو۔ ہم چاروں کو زندگی بخش دو؛ اور تم پُنّیہ کا سرور، نیک نامی، اور تمام گناہوں کی کامل نابودی حاصل کرو گے۔
Unspecified (context suggests a petitioner addressing the vulture, gṛdhra)
Type: kund/lake (metaphorical)
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)
Scene: Ulūka pleads: ‘If you know him, tell us’; four beings seek life; the reward is depicted symbolically as a shining sacred lake forming from spoken truth, with aura of fame around the witness.
FAQs
Compassionate truth-telling and saving life are presented as acts that generate puṇya, good fame, and the cleansing of sin.
No single named tīrtha appears in this verse; it speaks generally of attaining meritorious results (symbolized by a ‘lake’/sara).
No formal rite is prescribed; the implied dharma is saving beings and speaking truthfully.