Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 107
दृष्टाः श्रुतं कथयतां दूतानां च यमाज्ञया । रथैरन्ये गजैरन्ये केचिद्वाजिभिरावृताः
dṛṣṭāḥ śrutaṃ kathayatāṃ dūtānāṃ ca yamājñayā | rathairanye gajairanye kecidvājibhirāvṛtāḥ
وہاں یم کے حکم سے دیکھی اور سنی باتیں سنانے والے قاصد دکھائی دیے؛ کچھ رتھوں سے گھیرے ہوئے، کچھ ہاتھیوں کے ساتھ، اور کچھ گھوڑوں سے آراستہ تھے۔
Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narration; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: nṛpoत्तम / mahābhāga (a king addressed)
Scene: A visionary tableau of Yamadūtas under Yama’s command, arriving in varied conveyances—chariots, elephants, and horses—like a celestial-judicial procession, while they recount what they have seen and heard.
FAQs
The Purāṇic cosmos portrays moral order as administered: deeds are reported and consequences are carried out under Yama’s authority.
The larger chapter context relates to Śuklatīrtha in Revākhaṇḍa; this verse supplies narrative scenery rather than direct tīrtha praise.
None; the verse is descriptive, depicting Yama’s messengers and their retinues.