Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
पश्य कृत्स्नं धरापृष्ठे शून्यतां समुपस्थितम् । जडत्वान्नृपतेरस्य तस्मात्कुरु यथोचितम्
paśya kṛtsnaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe śūnyatāṃ samupasthitam | jaḍatvānnṛpaterasya tasmātkuru yathocitam
« Vois : sur toute la face de la terre s’est levé un vide ; à cause de la torpeur et de l’impuissance de ce roi, fais donc ce qui convient. »
Ministers (addressing Vasiṣṭha)
Scene: Ministers gesture toward a desolate landscape—empty markets, abandoned fields—while the king sits listless; Vasiṣṭha is urged to act.
FAQs
When leadership lacks capacity, society experiences ‘emptiness’—dharma requires timely, appropriate intervention guided by wisdom.
Not named here; the forthcoming instruction highlights Sārasvata Tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
No explicit rite yet; it urges appropriate remedial action.