Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
राजर्षयश्च बहवः सर्वे समुदिता गुणैः । द्यौरापः पृथिवी वायुरंतरिक्षं दिशस्तथा
rājarṣayaśca bahavaḥ sarve samuditā guṇaiḥ | dyaurāpaḥ pṛthivī vāyuraṃtarikṣaṃ diśastathā
Many royal seers (rājarṣis) too arose, all endowed with virtues. And there manifested heaven, the waters, the earth, the wind, the mid-space, and likewise the directions.
Śiva (contextual; confirmed explicitly at 8.39)
Scene: A regal-ascetic assembly of rājarṣis with crowns and matted hair, surrounded by personified elements: Dyauḥ as a blue celestial figure, Āpaḥ as flowing goddesses, Pṛthivī as a green-gold mother, Vāyu as a swift translucent form, Antarīkṣa as a starry band, and the Directions as guardian deities at the compass points.
FAQs
Virtuous rulership and the cosmos itself are both presented as dharmic manifestations—ethics and universe are intertwined.
None; the focus is the manifestation of cosmic domains and principles.
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