Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
तेन तेऽत्र पराभूतिः संजाता शत्रुसंभवा । एवं ज्ञात्वा द्विजेद्राणां शास नानि प्रयच्छ भोः
tena te'tra parābhūtiḥ saṃjātā śatrusaṃbhavā | evaṃ jñātvā dvijedrāṇāṃ śāsa nāni prayaccha bhoḥ
فلذلك نشأت هزيمتك هنا، بسبب الأعداء. فإذا علمتَ هذا، أيها الملك، فأعِد وامنح من جديد الصكوك والعطايا المستحقة لأشرف ذوي الميلادين.
Unspecified in snippet (context: counsel to a king within Śaṅkhatīrtha narrative)
Listener: king
Scene: A sage/counselor pointing toward a battlefield in the distance (symbolic of defeat) while presenting restored charters to brāhmaṇas; the king listens with bowed head, resolve forming.
FAQs
Adharma toward the righteous brings downfall; correcting injustice—especially toward brāhmaṇas—restores dharmic order.
Śaṅkhatīrtha, praised in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context.
A dharmic prescription: return/issue proper śāsanas (grants/charters) to the twice-born; it functions as restitution and meritorious giving.