Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 15, Shloka 66
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
यमपुरुष उवाच एष धर्मश्च शक्रश्च त्वां नेतुं समुपागतौ ।
अवश्यं अस्माद् गन्तव्यं तस्मात् पार्थिव गम्यताम् ॥
yamapuruṣa uvāca eṣa dharmaś ca śakraś ca tvāṃ netuṃ samupāgatau |
avaśyaṃ asmād gantavyaṃ tasmāt pārthiva gamyatām ||
ಯಮನ ಸೇವಕನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—‘ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಧರ್ಮ ಮತ್ತು ಶಕ್ರ (ಇಂದ್ರ) ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಲು ಬಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಂದ ನೀನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಡಲೇಬೇಕು; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಓ ರಾಜಾ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಗಲಿ—ಹೋಗು।’
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FAQs
Even merit and divine favor operate within cosmic administration: dharma is escorted and verified. The verse underscores that transitions between states (nāraka/svarga) are governed, not random.
Narrative ethical-theological material (not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category), illustrating how dharma-phala is administered—supporting purāṇic dharma exposition.
The ‘attendants’ symbolize karmic forces that compel movement from one experiential realm to another; the arrival of Dharma and Indra indicates that higher discernment and sovereignty are now relevant to the soul’s trajectory.