Yama and His Book of Accounts: (Penguin Petit)

by Devdutt Pattanaik

Instead of being taken to the realm of Yama across the Vaitarni, Ajamila ends up in Vaikuntha, the abode of Vishnu. In the following story, intense devotion to Shiva helps Markandeya reach Kailasa, the abode of Shiva.

Vaitarni Vaikunta Kailasa