Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
नायमानेतुमादिष्टो देवशर्मां मया तव । अन्योस्ति देवशर्मा यस्त मानय गतायुषम् । एनं विप्रं च दीर्घायुं नय तत्राविलंबितम्
nāyamānetumādiṣṭo devaśarmāṃ mayā tava | anyosti devaśarmā yasta mānaya gatāyuṣam | enaṃ vipraṃ ca dīrghāyuṃ naya tatrāvilaṃbitam
“Ini bukan Devaśarman yang aku perintahkan engkau bawa. Ada Devaśarman yang lain—bawalah dia, yang hayatnya telah sampai ke penghujung. Tetapi Brāhmaṇa ini, yang berumur panjang, bawalah kembali ke sana tanpa berlengah.”
Yama
Scene: Yama sternly instructs the messenger: ‘Not this one—return him; fetch the other whose life is ended.’ The brāhmaṇa stands dignified; the messenger looks chastened; a sense of lawful correction pervades the court.
FAQs
The verse underscores karmic precision: the end of life is portrayed as determined, and divine agents must act in alignment with that order.
No tīrtha is named in this line; it forms the narrative groundwork inside Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya.
None; it is a directive about returning the wrongfully taken person and bringing the correct one.