Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 139
एतेषां सर्वकृत्येषु प्रधानस्त्वं भविष्यसि । एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रा ये भविष्यंति तथा तव
eteṣāṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu pradhānastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi | eteṣāṃ putrapautrā ye bhaviṣyaṃti tathā tava
Dans toutes les affaires de ces gens, tu seras le chef. Et les fils et petits-fils qui naîtront pour eux—il en sera de même pour toi.
Indra (continuing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra pronounces a boon: the brāhmaṇa is elevated as chief over the community’s affairs; behind him, a symbolic line of descendants is hinted—children and grandchildren as a continuity motif.
FAQs
Dharma-bearing leadership is portrayed as divinely sanctioned service within a sacred community.
The assurances are part of the Kapālamocana-tīrtha māhātmya narrative framework.
No direct rite; it prophesies social-religious authority and lineage outcomes connected to the tīrtha’s order.