Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
चित्रगुप्तेन चाख्यातं द्त्तमस्ति त्वया पुनः । पतितं चैव देहांते शिवाय परमात्मने
citraguptena cākhyātaṃ dttamasti tvayā punaḥ | patitaṃ caiva dehāṃte śivāya paramātmane
Dan Citragupta pun menyatakan bahwa engkau memang kembali memberi persembahan—pada akhir hayatmu—bahkan apa yang telah jatuh pun kau persembahkan kepada Śiva, Sang Paramātman.
Dharmarāja (Yama) (repeated verse; textual variant/duplication noted)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual Śaiva mahātīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Chitragupta reads from the ledger: the gambler did offer something at life’s end, dedicating even a fallen remnant to Śiva, the Supreme Self; Yama’s judgment shifts.
FAQs
The moral record (Citragupta) preserves even small Śiva-dedications; such acts can outweigh a life’s deficiencies.
Kedāra in the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative framework.
Offering/dedicating (dāna/samarpaṇa-bhāva) to Śiva, even at dehānta (life’s end).
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