Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
वचनाच्चित्रगुप्तस्य श्वेत आनीयतामिति । तथेति मत्वा ते दूता आगताः शिवमंदिरम्
vacanāccitraguptasya śveta ānīyatāmiti | tatheti matvā te dūtā āgatāḥ śivamaṃdiram
ตามบัญชาของจิตรคุปต์ว่า “จงนำศเวตมา” เหล่ายมทูตจึงรับคำสั่งนั้น แล้วมาถึงเทวสถานของพระศิวะ
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viprāḥ (carried from earlier address)
Scene: A split-scene: Citragupta in Yama’s court issuing the order ‘Bring Śveta’; Yamadūtas then moving toward a luminous Śiva temple, their dark forms contrasted against sacred light.
FAQs
Even the machinery of karmic judgment reaches the threshold of Śiva’s sacred space, hinting that devotion and kṣetra-sannidhi transform destiny.
Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śiva-sthāna), presented as a powerful Śaiva refuge.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes approaching Śiva’s temple rather than a specific rite.