Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
सूत उवाच । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय संप्रहृष्टमना यमः । यमलोकं जगामाथ स्वाधिकारपरोऽभवत्
sūta uvāca | sa tatheti pratijñāya saṃprahṛṣṭamanā yamaḥ | yamalokaṃ jagāmātha svādhikāraparo'bhavat
سوت نے کہا: یَم نے خوش دلی سے “تھاستُو” کہہ کر وعدہ کیا۔ پھر وہ یم لوک چلا گیا اور اپنے الٰہی منصب کے کام میں مشغول ہو گیا۔
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Yama, pleased, gives a formal promise and departs; a subtle transition shows him moving from the earthly shrine-side to the distant, austere grandeur of Yamaloka, symbolizing administrative duty.
FAQs
Divine boons are granted within a framework of cosmic order—after giving assurance, Dharmarāja resumes his ordained duty.
The narrative belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse itself does not identify the site.
No new ritual; it records Yama’s assent and departure after granting the stated benefit.