Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
वयस्या ऊचुः । कपिले त्वं नमस्कार्या सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः । यत्त्वं परमसत्येन प्राणांस्त्यजसि दुस्त्यजान्
vayasyā ūcuḥ | kapile tvaṃ namaskāryā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ | yattvaṃ paramasatyena prāṇāṃstyajasi dustyajān
سہیلیوں نے کہا: اے کپیلا! تو سب دیوتاؤں اور اسوروں کے لیے بھی قابلِ تعظیم ہے، کیونکہ تو پرم ستیہ پر قائم رہ کر اُن پرانوں کو بھی چھوڑنے پر آمادہ ہے جن کا چھوڑنا نہایت دشوار ہے۔
Vayasyāḥ (Kapilā’s companions)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kapilā
Scene: A circle of companions addresses Kapilā with folded hands, praising her as worthy of homage by gods and demons because she clings to supreme truth even at the cost of life.
FAQs
Satya (truthfulness) is portrayed as the highest dharma—so powerful that it makes one worthy of universal reverence.
The verse sits within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative stream; this specific line praises satya rather than naming a distinct tīrtha.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is ethical—steadfast commitment to truth.