Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
राष्ट्रे तस्य रिपुर्नास्ति न व्याधिर्न च तस्कराः । न चाधर्मोऽभवत्तत्र धर्म एव हि सर्वदा
rāṣṭre tasya ripurnāsti na vyādhirna ca taskarāḥ | na cādharmo'bhavattatra dharma eva hi sarvadā
তাঁৰ ৰাজ্যত শত্রু নাছিল, নাছিল ব্যাধি, নাছিল চোৰ; তাত অধৰ্ম উদ্ভৱ নহ’ল—সদায় ধৰ্মই প্ৰবল আছিল।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: देवशिला
Type: kshetra
Listener: उत्तानपाद
Scene: समृद्ध, शांत राज्य: रोगी नहीं, चोर नहीं; प्रजा निश्चिन्त; खेत-खलिहान, बाजार, मंदिर—सबमें धर्म का वातावरण
FAQs
When rājadharma is upheld, society reflects dharma through safety, health, and moral stability.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse describes the dharmic condition of Vīrasena’s realm within the Devaśilā narrative frame.
None; it is a description of dharmic governance and its fruits.
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