Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राज्ञो गतौ तौ यमसादनम् । क्रीडितौ प्राङ्गणे तस्य स्रक्चन्दनविभूषितौ । धर्मराजेन तौ दृष्टौ पृष्टौ धृष्टौ च वायसौ
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājño gatau tau yamasādanam | krīḍitau prāṅgaṇe tasya srakcandanavibhūṣitau | dharmarājena tau dṛṣṭau pṛṣṭau dhṛṣṭau ca vāyasau
بادشاہ کی بات سن کر وہ دونوں یم کے دھام کو گئے۔ ہار اور چندن سے آراستہ ہو کر اُس کے صحن میں کھیلتے رہے۔ دھرم راج نے اُن بے باک کوّوں کو دیکھا، اُن سے پوچھا اور اُن کی جسارت پر نظر کی۔
Narrator
Scene: Two garlanded, sandal-anointed crows enter Yama’s abode, play in the courtyard, and are noticed by Dharmarāja, who questions their audacity.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) becomes visible as dignity and access even in Yama’s domain, yet dharma still requires questioning and verification.
The scene is in Yama’s abode; the broader Revā Khaṇḍa continues the Skanda Purana’s tīrtha-centric worldview where sacred acts have trans-world effects.
Implicitly, śrāddha-derived merit; no new ritual instruction is stated in this verse.