Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
करिष्यति तथा यस्तु शपथं चात्र मानवः । असत्यं यास्यति क्षिप्रं स यमस्य गृहं प्रति
kariṣyati tathā yastu śapathaṃ cātra mānavaḥ | asatyaṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ sa yamasya gṛhaṃ prati
لیکن جو آدمی یہاں قسم کھا کر جھوٹ بولے، وہ جلد ہی یم کے گھر کی طرف چلا جاتا ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (contextual admonition within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Kūpikā-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A man raises his hand in oath near the well and liṅga; shadowy attendants of Yama appear in the background as a warning tableau, contrasting the bright shrine with dark consequence.
FAQs
A tīrtha magnifies moral accountability: taking an oath and then lying is a grave adharma leading to swift negative karmic consequence.
The same tīrtha context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 58; the verse warns about conduct ‘here’ at the sacred spot.
It implicitly prescribes truthfulness in vows/oaths taken at the tīrtha; avoid asatya after śapatha.