Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : Many Sanatan Dharma books and stories, specifically the Garuda Purana, Agni Purana, and folk legends tell us that in Yamaloka, a detailed account of a human's life and deeds is recorded. When a soul, after death is transported to Yamaloka, it faces judgment from Yamaraj, based on its good and bad deeds, and is aided and accompanied by not only Yamaraj and Chitragupta but Shravan Doot and Shravani Doot as well.While we've all mostly only heard about Yamaraj and Chitragupta when discussing the underworld, there are others in the Pretkhand section of the Garuda Purana. Let's discuss Shravan Doot and Shravani Doot.Yamaraj: The judge of the deedsIn the Garuda Purana and other mythological books, Yamaraj is also referred to as Dharmaraja, meaning the king of dharma or deeds. His duty is not only to send souls to the next life, but also to judge them based on their past deeds. Once the souls are transported to Yamaloka, it is presented before Yamaraj, who judges and separates the souls into heaven, hell and the judging process itself.Accountant general of Picture Secret DeedsThe Skanda Purana tells us that Chitragupta was born out of Brahma and that it is his responsibility to document each and every good and bad deed done by humans. They say Chitragupta keeps a diary of every person's good and bad deeds and once the soul leaves the earth for Yamaloka, Chitragupta shows this whole report to Yamaraj.
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