Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111
शंभोः प्रसादात्सर्वाणि सुकृतानि च तत्क्षणात् । तद्वचश्चित्रगुप्तस्य निशम्य प्रेतराट् स्वयम्
śaṃbhoḥ prasādātsarvāṇi sukṛtāni ca tatkṣaṇāt | tadvacaścitraguptasya niśamya pretarāṭ svayam
ശംഭുവിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അതേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ അവന്റെ സകല പുണ്യങ്ങളും പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി. ചിത്രഗുപ്തന്റെ ആ വചനങ്ങൾ കേട്ട് പ്രേതരാജൻ യമൻ സ്വയം…
Deductive (Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice): likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In Yama’s court, Citragupta reads the karmic record; at Śambhu’s grace the merits blaze forth like light, and Yama turns attentive, acknowledging a higher dispensation.
FAQs
Divine grace (prasāda) can swiftly reveal and amplify merit, reshaping the outcome even in Yama’s court.
Kedāra’s Śiva-mahātmya context frames the episode, presenting Śiva’s domain as a place of exceptional salvific power.
No specific rite is commanded here; it emphasizes Śiva’s prasāda and the accounting of deeds by Citragupta.