Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
राजोवाच । तथापि यूयं सहिता उपायं चिन्तयन्त्विति । येन श्रेयो भवेन्नित्यमिह लोके परत्र च
rājovāca | tathāpi yūyaṃ sahitā upāyaṃ cintayantviti | yena śreyo bhavennityamiha loke paratra ca
ৰাজাই ক’লে: “তথাপি তোমালোক সকলোৱে একেলগে উপায় চিন্তা কৰা, যাৰ দ্বাৰা এই লোকত আৰু পৰলোকতো সদায় মঙ্গল হয়।”
Rājā (the king)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (ṛtviks)
Scene: The king, hands folded, addresses the assembled brāhmaṇas, requesting a unified remedy for enduring welfare in this world and the next; the empty fire-altar remains in the background as a silent prompt.
FAQs
True governance seeks śreyas (the higher good) through collective wise counsel, aiming at benefit in both worldly life and the hereafter.
No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is dharmic decision-making within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
Seek an upāya (remedial course) through united deliberation of learned brāhmaṇas to restore auspiciousness.
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