Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 15, Shloka 66
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
यमपुरुष उवाच एष धर्मश्च शक्रश्च त्वां नेतुं समुपागतौ ।
अवश्यं अस्माद् गन्तव्यं तस्मात् पार्थिव गम्यताम् ॥
yamapuruṣa uvāca eṣa dharmaś ca śakraś ca tvāṃ netuṃ samupāgatau |
avaśyaṃ asmād gantavyaṃ tasmāt pārthiva gamyatām ||
யமனின் சேவகர் கூறினான்—‘இங்கே தர்மனும் சக்ரனும் (இந்திரன்) உம்மை அழைத்துச் செல்ல வந்துள்ளனர். இங்கிருந்து நீர் நிச்சயமாகப் புறப்பட வேண்டும்; ஆகவே, அரசே, அப்படியே ஆகட்டும்—செல்லும்.’
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FAQs
Even merit and divine favor operate within cosmic administration: dharma is escorted and verified. The verse underscores that transitions between states (nāraka/svarga) are governed, not random.
Narrative ethical-theological material (not a direct pancalakṣaṇa category), illustrating how dharma-phala is administered—supporting purāṇic dharma exposition.
The ‘attendants’ symbolize karmic forces that compel movement from one experiential realm to another; the arrival of Dharma and Indra indicates that higher discernment and sovereignty are now relevant to the soul’s trajectory.