Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
विश्वामित्र उवाच । यत्किंचिद्विद्यते रत्नं पार्थिवस्य क्षितौ द्विज । तत्सर्वं राजकीयं स्यादिति वित्तविदो विदुः
viśvāmitra uvāca | yatkiṃcidvidyate ratnaṃ pārthivasya kṣitau dvija | tatsarvaṃ rājakīyaṃ syāditi vittavido viduḥ
Viśvāmitra dit : Ô brāhmane, tout trésor qui se trouve sur la terre, dans le domaine d’un roi—sache que tout cela appartient au roi ; ainsi l’affirment les connaisseurs de l’art du gouvernement et des richesses.
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Nandinī (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (addressed as ‘dvija’)
Scene: Viśvāmitra speaks forcefully to a brāhmaṇa, asserting that all treasures in the king’s territory belong to the king; the scene is a rhetorical escalation after refusal.
FAQs
It presents a rajadharma viewpoint—royal sovereignty over resources—setting up a clash between political power and spiritual-ethical authority.
The line belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter but functions as narrative dialogue; no tīrtha is explicitly praised in this verse.
None; it is a statement of political doctrine regarding ownership.