Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
धर्मराजः सुधर्मात्मा तेषां कर्म शुभाशुभम् । स्वयं लिखितमालोक्य तूष्णीमास्ते सुविस्मितः
dharmarājaḥ sudharmātmā teṣāṃ karma śubhāśubham | svayaṃ likhitamālokya tūṣṇīmāste suvismitaḥ
ಧರ್ಮಸ್ವಭಾವನಾದ ಧರ್ಮರಾಜನು ಅವರ ಶುಭಾಶುಭ ಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು—ತಾನೇ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದನ್ನು—ನೋಡಿ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮೌನವಾಗಿ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ದನು.
Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied as causal)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dharmarāja sits with ledger or palm-leaf record, eyes widened; he reviews good and bad deeds written by his own hand, then falls into profound silence.
FAQs
Tīrtha-grace can produce astonishing karmic outcomes, leaving even Dharmarāja amazed.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose merit reshapes the expected karmic administration.
None; the focus is on karma-accounting and Dharmarāja’s reaction.