Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्यान्ववाये जातस्तु शंखचकगदाधरः । यमस्तु मात्रा संशप्तो हीनपादो धरातले
tasyānvavāye jātastu śaṃkhacakagadādharaḥ | yamastu mātrā saṃśapto hīnapādo dharātale
在他的世系中，诞生了一位执持螺号、神轮与神杵者。然而阎摩（Yama）因母亲的诅咒，降在大地上，双足残弱。
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter context of Yameśvara narrative)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A radiant figure bearing śaṅkha-cakra-gadā appears in a royal lineage tableau, while Yama—dark-hued, solemn—stands earthbound with weakened feet, marked by a maternal curse; the contrast of glory and affliction is emphasized.
FAQs
Even cosmic authorities like Yama are bound by dharma and karmic consequences; sacred narratives frame suffering as a doorway to later grace in a holy kṣetra.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where the Yameśvara tradition is being established through Yama’s account.
No direct rite is stated here; it sets the narrative cause for later worship and merit connected with Yameśvara at Prabhāsa.
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