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Skanda Purana 4.101.10

Skandapurāṇa 4.101.10

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4.101.10

8 māyākhyāyāṃ muktipuryāṃ mṛtasya śivaśamarṇo dvijasya kathaṃ mokṣānavāptiriti lopāmudrāsatīpraśnaḥ, māyādiṣu ṣaṭpurīṣu sākṣātsāyujyaṃ nāstīti darśayituṃ śivaśarmaviṣṇugaṇasaṃvādārambhaḥ, dvijapraśnānusāreṇa piśācaguhyakagandharvalokasthitapuruṣasaṃpāditasadācāravarṇanam, yamalokamāgatasya dvijasya śivaśarmaṇaḥ satkārapūrvakapūjanārthaṃ dharmarājasyāgamanam, dharmarājasya saumyamūrteḥ saumyavacāṃsi śrutvā
kathamidamiti dvijapraśnaḥ, yamasya rūpadvayanirūpaṇaprasaṅgena saṃkṣepato yamalokavarṇanaṃ ca ..... 38

8 The virtuous Lopāmudrā's question: how did the brahmin Śivaśarman, having died in the liberation-city called Māyā, not attain liberation? The beginning of the dialogue between Śivaśarman and the attendants of Viṣṇu to show that direct union [with God] does not occur in the six cities beginning with Māyā; according to the brahmin's question, a description of the virtuous conduct achieved by men dwelling in the worlds of Piśācas, Guhyakas, and Gandharvas; the arrival of Dharmarāja to worship the brahmin Śivaśarman, who had arrived in the world of Yama, with hospitality; the brahmin's question, 'How is this?', upon hearing the gentle words of Dharmarāja of gentle form; and a concise description of the world of Yama in the context of delineating Yama's two forms: 38.

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