Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
धर्मराजः समाकर्ण्य चित्रगुप्तमुखादिति । निर्भर्त्स्य तं दुराचारं किंकरानादिदेश ह
dharmarājaḥ samākarṇya citraguptamukhāditi | nirbhartsya taṃ durācāraṃ kiṃkarānādideśa ha
ചിത്രഗുപ്തന്റെ വായിൽ നിന്നിതു കേട്ട ധർമരാജൻ ആ ദുരാചാരിയെ ശാസിച്ചു; പിന്നെ തന്റെ കിങ്കരന്മാർക്ക് ആജ്ഞ നൽകി।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) implied as realm where Yama’s judgment is overcome by Śiva’s taraka-grace
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (not explicit)
Scene: A formal court scene: Dharmarāja enthroned, stern gaze; Citragupta stands with ledger/palm-leaf register, reading aloud; attendants (kiṅkaras) await orders; the condemned stands trembling.
FAQs
Deeds are accounted for and judged; adharma is confronted by Dharma itself through Yama’s court.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it narrates the karmic adjudication motif within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; it describes the process of judgment (Citragupta’s report and Yama’s command).