Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71
यमः संभाषते वाण्या महिषोपरि संस्थितः । पश्य रुद्रस्य माहात्म्यं चित्रगुप्त विचारय
yamaḥ saṃbhāṣate vāṇyā mahiṣopari saṃsthitaḥ | paśya rudrasya māhātmyaṃ citragupta vicāraya
മഹിഷത്തിന്മേൽ ആസീനനായ യമൻ വാണിയാൽ പറഞ്ഞു— “രുദ്രന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം കാണുക; ഹേ ചിത്രഗുപ്താ, സമ്യക് ചിന്തിക്കുക।”
Yama (quoted within the narrative)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Citragupta
Scene: Yama enthroned on a buffalo in a dim, judicial otherworld, addressing Citragupta with scrolls/ledger, pointing toward a radiant emblem of Rudra’s greatness.
FAQs
Śiva’s glory is so decisive that even Yama acknowledges it—devotion can transform the accounting of karma.
The verse is a doctrinal climax within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya, emphasizing Rudra’s supremacy rather than naming a new site.
No direct prescription here; it supports the preceding praise of Māgha caturdaśī Śiva-jāgaraṇa by invoking Yama’s testimony.