Deity

閻摩

यमYama

Also called Yamraj

verses
5,974
books
37
chapters
2,365
Child of
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What the texts say

In the Rigveda, King Yama, son of Vivasvat, is the one who went ahead and discerned the path for many. Rig Veda 10.14.1 In the same hymn, the departed are told they will behold Yama and the god Varuna. Rig Veda 10.14.7 The Mahabharata calls him a king of righteous disposition, lord over all embodied beings, tied to the southern direction. Mahabharata 3.160.8 In the Garuda Purana, his attendants lead the departed to him, and he presides as the one who discerns dharma and adharma. Garuda Purana 1.225.3, 2.6.135 In the Katha Upanishad, Yama teaches Nachiketa the sacred fire that is the source of all worlds, and Nachiketa's third request is to learn what happens when a person departs. Katha Upanishad 1.1.15, 1.1.20 In the Mahabharata, Savitri chooses as her boon that her husband Satyavan live, and Yama, saying so be it, releases the nooses. Mahabharata 3.281.51, 3.281.54

Where to read

Every verse that names 閻摩, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    1,475 verses · 435 chapters

    All 1,475 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 6.1.26.5

      某一时刻，阎摩对自己的使者说道——其发竖立，双目赤红如焰，齿色黧黑，形貌可怖。

    • 2.4.11.26

      因此，吾儿啊，凡履行此名为‘阎摩’的第二天者，皆得解脱于非时之死，且为子孙眷属所围绕。

    • 3.2.4.1

      毗耶娑说：接下来我将宣说法王（Dharmarāja）的行迹；听闻此事者，于任何处境都不会生起对阎摩使者的恐惧。

  2. Mahabharata

    788 verses · 411 chapters

    All 788 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 1,187 verses

    • 3.281.16

      于是阎摩凭其威权之力，从萨提亚梵的身体中强行牵出一位“人”——那生命之我——仅拇指大小，被绳索套缚，尽在掌控之中。

    • 13.70.14

      奉行你的教命，我迅速启程。抵达毗婆娑跋多（阎摩，Yama）那辉煌广大、光相灿然的会堂时，我见其延展千千由旬，地面皆为黄金。

    • 13.67.10

      阎摩起身，向他致以应有的敬礼，威严地下令：“将此人带走；另带一人来替代。”

  3. Padma Purana

    644 verses · 229 chapters

    All 644 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 7.23.45

      无论人行善事或仅言善语，契特拉古普塔——奉阎摩之命——都从根本审视一切，因为他明察秋毫。

    • 7.15.31

      尔后，为带走此二犯一切罪业者，法王派遣以Caṇḍa为首之使者。

    • 6.66.1

      那罗达说：'众神之最啊，请告诉我为了我的福祉而正确崇拜阎摩的方法。主啊，人类如何才能避免堕入地狱的境界？'

  4. Garuda Purana

    451 verses · 120 chapters

    All 451 verses in the Garuda Purana
    • 2.6.8

      国王说道：“噢，牟尼圣者，我已尽己所能，勤勉奉行达摩。然而一听闻阎摩的法令（与惩罚），我心中便生起深深的恐惧。”

    • 1.2.48

      噢，鲁陀罗（Rudra）！我是阎摩（Yama）；我亦是尼耶摩（Niyama，戒律）。我是种种神圣誓愿（vrata）。我是太阳亦是月亮；我也是火星以及诸行星。

    • 1.6.55

      又有阿阇迦（Añjaka，或作安陀迦 Antaka）、那罗迦（Naraka）以及迦罗那婆（Kālanābha）——这些名为“尼瓦塔迦瓦恰”（Nivātakavaca）的魔族，皆出自普罗诃罗陀（Prahlāda）之族系。

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where 閻摩 matters most.

  1. Sāvitrī’s Dialogue with Yama and the Restoration of Satyavān

    Mahabharata 3.281 · 50 verses

    Cosmic adjudicator of death and dharma, both antagonist and…

  2. Yamarāja Instructs the Yamadūtas: Supreme Authority, Mahājanas, and the Glory of the Holy Name

    Bhagavatam 6.3 · 24 verses

    Mahājana and cosmic judge who publicly subordinates his office…

  3. Instruction on the Glory of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

    Skanda Purana 6.1.26 · 40 verses

  4. Yamadvitīyā Vrata: Procedure, Ethics, and Promised Outcomes

    Skanda Purana 2.4.11 · 34 verses

  5. Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya: Varddhanī-Dharma Dialogue, Śiva’s Boons, and the Institution of Dharmavāpī

    Skanda Purana 3.2.4 · 33 verses

  6. Śivaśarmā’s Vision of Worlds and the Encounter with Dharmarāja

    Skanda Purana 4.1.8 · 33 verses

  7. Yama-Yami Samvada: The Firmness of Yama's Mind

    Narasimha Purana 1.12 · 32 verses

  8. The Glory of Dharmarājeśvara and the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Liṅga

    Skanda Purana 6.1.139 · 31 verses

  9. Aṃkapāda-darśana and the Yamaloka Episode (Sāndīpani’s Son and the Five Forms at Kuśasthalī)

    Skanda Purana 5.1.27 · 30 verses

  10. The Glory of Śukla Tīrtha on the Narmadā

    Skanda Purana 5.3.155 · 30 verses

Key episodes

  1. Ajamila and the Name Narayana

    Bhagavatam 6.1-6.3

  2. Nachiketa and Yama

    Katha Upanishad 1.1-2.3

  3. Savitri and Satyavan

    Mahabharata 3.277-3.283

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