Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80
तावद्द्वितीयं गो कर्णं दूत आदाय संगतः । दर्शयामास धृत्वाग्रे धर्मराजस्य सत्वरम्
tāvaddvitīyaṃ go karṇaṃ dūta ādāya saṃgataḥ | darśayāmāsa dhṛtvāgre dharmarājasya satvaram
അപ്പോഴേക്കും ദൂതൻ രണ്ടാമത്തെ ഗോകർണനെ കൂട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുവന്ന്, ധർമ്മരാജന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ വേഗത്തിൽ നിർത്തി കാണിച്ചു।
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa (as a named brāhmaṇa here; also echoes the famed tīrtha-name)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A swift dūta arrives, leading or bearing the ‘second Gokarṇa’, and presents him before Dharmarāja with urgency.
FAQs
The narrative frames karmic adjudication under Dharmarāja, emphasizing accountability and the consequences of timing and duty.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the storyline embedded within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya.
None; it is a narrative description of being presented before Dharmarāja.