Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
सत्कृत्योक्तो यमेनाथ स्वागतेन नृपोत्तमः । प्रथमं सुकृतं राजन्नथवा दुष्कृतं त्वया । भोक्तव्यमिति मे ब्रूहि तत्ते संपाद्यते मया
satkṛtyokto yamenātha svāgatena nṛpottamaḥ | prathamaṃ sukṛtaṃ rājannathavā duṣkṛtaṃ tvayā | bhoktavyamiti me brūhi tatte saṃpādyate mayā
ヤマに敬われ歓待された最上の王に、彼はこう告げた。「王よ、まず何を受けたいか—功徳の果か、罪の果か。わたしに告げよ。そなたのために、わたしがそれを整えよう。」
Yama
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: Yama welcomes a king with formal honor, then gestures to a ledger/scale, asking which fruit should be experienced first—merit or sin.
FAQs
Karmic results must be faced in due order; even a righteous king must choose whether merit or demerit ripens first.
The broader narrative belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, framing Dvārakā as the sacred setting where the king’s later deliverance becomes manifest.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse focuses on karmic adjudication (puṇya/pāpa) under Yama.