Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
एतत्खङ्गं गृहीत्वाशु मां प्रभो विनिपातय । येन ते स्यादृतं वाक्यं प्रतिज्ञातं च यत्पुरा
etatkhaṅgaṃ gṛhītvāśu māṃ prabho vinipātaya | yena te syādṛtaṃ vākyaṃ pratijñātaṃ ca yatpurā
“یہ تلوار لے کر، اے پرَبھو، فوراً مجھے گرا دو؛ تاکہ آپ کا کلام سچا رہے اور جو پرتیگیا آپ نے پہلے کی تھی وہ پوری ہو جائے۔”
Lakṣmaṇa
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa offers the sword to Rāma, urging him to strike; his face is steady yet sorrow-tinged, embodying heroic renunciation.
FAQs
Upholding truth and vows is treated as sacred—even when it demands personal loss and sacrifice.
The narrative remains embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya sacred setting; the site-context frames the ethical gravity of vow-keeping.
No ritual act is prescribed; the verse emphasizes dharmic obligation to keep one’s pledged word (pratijñā).