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
இன்றே விரைந்து செல், தூதனே, மதுரா எனப்படும் மகாநகரத்திற்கு. அங்குள்ள பிராமணச் சிறந்தவன் ‘கோகರ್ಣன்’ என்பவனை இங்கே கொண்டு வா.
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.