Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
सूत उवाच । अथ दूतो द्रुतं गत्वा तां पुरीं यमशासनात् । विभ्रमादानयामास गोकर्णं च चिरायुषम्
sūta uvāca | atha dūto drutaṃ gatvā tāṃ purīṃ yamaśāsanāt | vibhramādānayāmāsa gokarṇaṃ ca cirāyuṣam
Sūta sprach: Daraufhin ging der Bote auf Yamas Geheiß eilends in jene Stadt; doch in Verwirrung brachte er irrtümlich den langlebigen Gokarṇa herbei.
Sūta
Tirtha: Mathurā (as point of retrieval)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates: the messenger rushes to Mathurā under Yama’s command but mistakenly brings back the long-lived Gokarṇa.
FAQs
Even within cosmic administration, error and correction appear as narrative tools—highlighting that dharma ultimately reasserts the rightful order.
Mathurā is the city from which Gokarṇa is fetched under Yama’s command.
None; it reports the messenger’s mistaken seizure of the long-lived Brahmin.