Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
गुरुरात्मवतां शास्ता राजा शास्ता दुरात्मनाम् । इह प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः
gururātmavatāṃ śāstā rājā śāstā durātmanām | iha pracchannapāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ
Bagi mereka yang mengekang diri, guru menjadi penegak disiplin; bagi yang jahat, raja menjadi penegak disiplin. Namun bagi orang yang dosanya tersembunyi di dunia ini, Yama putra Vivasvān-lah penghukum sejati.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Scene: Tripartite allegory: a guru instructing a calm disciple; a king administering justice to a wrongdoer; and Yama, stern yet lawful, holding a staff/noose, symbolizing unseen accountability.
FAQs
No deed is truly unaccounted for: hidden wrongdoing escapes human courts but not cosmic justice administered by Yama.
None; the verse is ethical instruction within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None explicitly; it implies the need for repentance and transparent dharmic living.