Varaha Purana 194.9: Adhyaya 194, Shloka 9
The Return of Naciketas from Yama’s Abode: Inquiry into Death, Karma, and Dharmic Release
कच्चिद्राजा त्वया दृष्टः प्रेतानामधिपो बली ॥ परुषेण न कच्चित्त्वां यमः पश्यति चक्षुषा
kaccidrājā tvayā dṛṣṭaḥ pretānāmadhipo balī || paruṣeṇa na kaccittvāṃ yamaḥ paśyati cakṣuṣā
तुमने यमराज को देखा ना? वो सबसे बड़े हैं वहाँ। उन्होंने तुम्हे गुस्से से तो नहीं देखा ना?
Tapasvī father (questioning the son)
FAQs
It reflects the administrative-royal framing of the afterlife, where Yama appears as a kingly judge—useful for studying governance metaphors in Purāṇic cosmology.
The setting is Yama’s realm (a cosmological domain), not a terrestrial location.
The verse implies accountability: the moral life is imagined as subject to scrutiny, symbolized by the judge-king’s gaze.
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