मृतांस्तान्करपत्रेण यमदूता महाबलाः । निकृंतंति यथा काष्ठं सूत्रमार्गेण शिल्पिनः
mṛtāṃstānkarapatreṇa yamadūtā mahābalāḥ | nikṛṃtaṃti yathā kāṣṭhaṃ sūtramārgeṇa śilpinaḥ
موت کے بعد یم کے نہایت طاقتور دوت ‘کرپتر’ نامی دھار دار تیغوں سے انہیں کاٹتے ہیں، جیسے کاریگر ناپی ہوئی لکیر کے مطابق لکڑی کاٹتے ہیں۔
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (generic)
Scene: A stark infernal workshop-like scene: powerful Yamadūtas wielding karapatra blades, cutting the deceased as if timber; a ‘measuring line’ motif (sūtra-mārga) appears like a chalk line across wood, emphasizing exact karmic accounting.
Cruelty toward the sacred leads to terrifying post-mortem consequences; dharma is protection from such suffering.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames right conduct as integral to pilgrimage merit.
No direct rite; it reinforces the prior prohibitions by describing the karmic result of violence and abuse.