Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
नायमानेतुमादिष्टो देवशर्मां मया तव । अन्योस्ति देवशर्मा यस्त मानय गतायुषम् । एनं विप्रं च दीर्घायुं नय तत्राविलंबितम्
nāyamānetumādiṣṭo devaśarmāṃ mayā tava | anyosti devaśarmā yasta mānaya gatāyuṣam | enaṃ vipraṃ ca dīrghāyuṃ naya tatrāvilaṃbitam
“Đây không phải là Devaśarman mà ta đã truyền ngươi đem đến. Còn có một Devaśarman khác—hãy đưa người ấy, kẻ đã đến hạn tận số. Còn vị Bà-la-môn này, tuy thọ mạng dài lâu, hãy đưa trở lại nơi kia ngay, chớ chậm trễ.”
Yama
Scene: Yama sternly instructs the messenger: ‘Not this one—return him; fetch the other whose life is ended.’ The brāhmaṇa stands dignified; the messenger looks chastened; a sense of lawful correction pervades the court.
FAQs
The verse underscores karmic precision: the end of life is portrayed as determined, and divine agents must act in alignment with that order.
No tīrtha is named in this line; it forms the narrative groundwork inside Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya.
None; it is a directive about returning the wrongfully taken person and bringing the correct one.
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