Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66
तदा प्रभृति देवोसौ शार्ङ्गधन्वा गदाधरः । त्रैलोक्यमखिलं शास्ति दानवांतकरो हरिः
tadā prabhṛti devosau śārṅgadhanvā gadādharaḥ | trailokyamakhilaṃ śāsti dānavāṃtakaro hariḥ
Dès lors, ce Dieu—Hari, porteur de l’arc Śārṅga et de la massue—règne sur l’ensemble des trois mondes, destructeur des Dānavas.
Skanda (narrator) to Agastya (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa interlocutor)
Scene: Hari as Śārṅgadhanvā and Gadādhara enthroned in cosmic kingship, with the three worlds symbolically arranged; subdued dānavas at the periphery, devas in reverence.
FAQs
Cosmic governance is portrayed as dharma-protection: the Divine maintains order and removes forces that oppose it.
The immediate verse is cosmological, while the surrounding Kāśīkhaṇḍa context ultimately glorifies Kāśī and its liberating power.
None; it is a narrative statement about Viṣṇu’s rule and demon-destruction.