Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
जय देव महाराज वयं हि तव किंकराः । नरकस्य विवृद्ध्यर्थं साधिकाराः कृतास्त्वया
jaya deva mahārāja vayaṃ hi tava kiṃkarāḥ | narakasya vivṛddhyarthaṃ sādhikārāḥ kṛtāstvayā
Tagumpay sa iyo, O banal na dakilang hari! Kami’y tunay na iyong mga alipin. Upang lumawak ang sakop ng impiyerno, kami’y itinalaga mong may kapangyarihan.
Pātakanāyakāḥ (speaking to Yama)
Scene: A group of dark, fear-struck pāpa-personifications or hell-agents bowing and praising a ‘divine great king’ (their overlord), confessing their appointed role in expanding Naraka’s reach.
FAQs
Sin and punishment are depicted as operating under a higher moral governance—Yama’s authority within dharmic order.
None; this is a narrative dialogue about naraka’s administration.
No explicit ritual here.