Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
तेषां तत्र गतानां च पापिनां पुण्यकर्मिणाम् । चित्रगुप्तः प्रेतपाय निरूपयति वै ततः
teṣāṃ tatra gatānāṃ ca pāpināṃ puṇyakarmiṇām | citraguptaḥ pretapāya nirūpayati vai tataḥ
जे तेथे गेले आहेत—पापी असोत वा पुण्यकर्मी—त्या सर्वांची पुढील गती चित्रगुप्त तेव्हा प्रेतलोकी निश्चित करतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Preta-pāya (conceptual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Citragupta seated in Yama’s court, writing in a ledger; lines of souls—some radiant, some distressed—await judgment; attendants guide them toward different paths.
FAQs
Deeds follow the soul; karmic records are assessed and one’s post-death course is assigned accordingly.
No single site is specified; the verse describes the general purāṇic mechanism of karmic evaluation after death.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it explains the moral-judicial process governing the departed.