Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
अद्य गच्छ द्रुतं दूत मथुराख्यां महापुरीम् । आनयस्व द्विजश्रेष्ठं तस्यां गोकर्णसंज्ञकम्
adya gaccha drutaṃ dūta mathurākhyāṃ mahāpurīm | ānayasva dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ tasyāṃ gokarṇasaṃjñakam
आजच त्वरेने जा, हे दूत, मथुरा नावाच्या महापुरीस। तेथील द्विजश्रेष्ठ ‘गोकर्ण’ यास येथे लवकर आणून दे।
Yama
Tirtha: Mathurā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Purāṇic frame; not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A stern divine courtly atmosphere: Yama dispatches a swift messenger toward the famed city of Mathurā to bring a brāhmaṇa named Gokarṇa.
FAQs
Human life is portrayed as measured and accountable; Yama’s command reflects the Purāṇic view that lifespan and death occur within a moral-cosmic framework.
Mathurā (Madhurā), addressed as a mahāpurī (great sacred city).
None; it is a divine directive initiating the episode.