Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
तस्य स्पर्शेन ते सर्वे नरकस्था सुखं गताः । ते दूता धर्मराजाय वृत्तांतं नरको द्भवम् । आचख्युर्विस्मयाविष्टा नरकस्थानां सुखोद्भवम्
tasya sparśena te sarve narakasthā sukhaṃ gatāḥ | te dūtā dharmarājāya vṛttāṃtaṃ narako dbhavam | ācakhyurvismayāviṣṭā narakasthānāṃ sukhodbhavam
Sa mismong haplos niya, ang lahat ng nananahan sa impiyerno ay nakamtan ang ginhawa. Namangha, isinalaysay ng mga sugo kay Dharmarāja ang pambihirang pangyayari—kung paanong sumibol ang ligaya sa mga nasa impiyerno.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Arbuda-tīrtha (Yama-priya tīrtha, implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Within a hell realm, the arrival/contact of the tīrtha-linked person causes flames to cool and faces to soften; yamadūtas look astonished as suffering turns to ease.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas can transmit extraordinary merit: even in hellish conditions, a divine/sacred influence may suspend suffering and reveal a higher law of grace.
Implicitly, the Arbuda tīrtha associated with Yama/Dharmarāja—its merit is so potent that its effect echoes even into naraka.
None stated; the emphasis is on the tīrtha’s mysterious efficacy rather than a specific rite.