Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
किमेवं क्रियते राज्यं यथा त्वं क्षत्रियाधमः । करोषि यत्र विध्वंसं राक्षसै र्नीयते जनः
kimevaṃ kriyate rājyaṃ yathā tvaṃ kṣatriyādhamaḥ | karoṣi yatra vidhvaṃsaṃ rākṣasai rnīyate janaḥ
Quelle royauté est-ce donc, où toi—le plus bas des kṣatriyas—laisses s’accomplir une telle ruine, là où les gens sont emmenés par les rākṣasas ?
Unspecified (a group of brāhmaṇas/vipras admonishing the king, per immediate context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas point toward signs of ruin—burnt huts, empty streets—while accusing Kuśa; in the distance, shadowy rākṣasa figures carry off people, emphasizing urgency and shame.
FAQs
Rājadharma is protection: a king is blameworthy if he allows harm to fall upon the people under his rule.
This verse functions as narrative ethics within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.
None; the verse is a reprimand focused on governance and protection.