Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
न दीनो न च दुःखार्त्तो व्याधिग्रस्तो न कोऽपि च । विद्यते मम राज्ये च न दरिद्रो महामुने
na dīno na ca duḥkhārtto vyādhigrasto na ko'pi ca | vidyate mama rājye ca na daridro mahāmune
«في مملكتي لا يوجد بائسٌ ولا مُكابدٌ للحزن، ولا أحدٌ صريعُ المرض؛ وفي دولتي، أيها الحكيمُ العظيم، لا يوجد فقيرٌ البتّة.»
Rājā (the King)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vasiṣṭha
Scene: A panoramic ‘utopia’ under righteous rule: healthy citizens, bustling markets, physicians idle, abundant harvest; the king narrates this to the sage.
FAQs
A righteous order is depicted where collective well-being reflects accumulated merit and dharmic governance.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the condition of the king’s realm within the Arbuda narrative frame.
None; it is a statement of outcomes (health, freedom from sorrow, absence of poverty).