Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
वैवस्वतेन पृष्टोथ चित्रगुप्तो विचित्रधीः । सर्वदा सर्वजंतूनां वेदिता सर्वकर्मणाम्
vaivasvatena pṛṣṭotha citragupto vicitradhīḥ | sarvadā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ veditā sarvakarmaṇām
വൈവസ്വതനായ യമൻ ചോദിച്ചതോടെ, അത്ഭുതബുദ്ധിയുള്ള ചിത്രഗുപ്തൻ—എപ്പോഴും എല്ലാ ജീവികളെയും അവരുടെ എല്ലാ കർമ്മങ്ങളെയും അറിയുന്നവൻ—പറയാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി।
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience (ṛṣis) / internal listeners (contextual)
Scene: Citragupta, serene and sharp-eyed, stands with an immense ledger that symbolically contains the deeds of all beings; Yama watches, awaiting the report.
FAQs
No deed is lost; the cosmic record of karma is complete and impartial.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse highlights karmic record-keeping rather than a particular tīrtha.
None; the verse establishes Citragupta’s authority as the knower of actions.