Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
यः कश्चिदधुना मर्त्यो गतायुः संप्रपद्यते । वधाय तस्य यत्नेन त्वया प्रेष्याः सदैव तु
yaḥ kaścidadhunā martyo gatāyuḥ saṃprapadyate | vadhāya tasya yatnena tvayā preṣyāḥ sadaiva tu
आता ज्याचा आयुष्यकाल संपला आहे असा जो कोणी मर्त्य समोर येईल, त्याच्या वधासाठी प्रयत्नपूर्वक हे तुला सदैव पाठवावे लागतील.
Brahmā
Listener: Yama
Scene: Brahmā’s instruction becomes precise: for mortals whose lifespan is spent, Yama must dispatch the agents toward death; the scene can show a subtle vision of a human figure with a fading life-thread.
FAQs
Death is framed as lawful completion of lifespan, overseen by dharma—not mere accident—urging timely righteous living.
No tīrtha is named in this shloka.
None; it concerns the doctrine of lifespan completion and Yama’s mandate.
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