Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
त्वमेव धर्माधिकृतौ समस्त शरीरिणां स्थावरजंगमानाम् । मया नियुक्तोद्य दिनादिकृत्यः प्रशाधि सर्वान्मम शासनेन
tvameva dharmādhikṛtau samasta śarīriṇāṃ sthāvarajaṃgamānām | mayā niyuktodya dinādikṛtyaḥ praśādhi sarvānmama śāsanena
समस्त देहधारियों—स्थावर और जंगम—के लिए धर्म के अधिकार में तुम ही नियुक्त हो। आज से मैं तुम्हें दिन-गणना आदि कर्तव्यों तथा आचरण-व्यवस्था में नियुक्त करता हूँ; मेरे शासन से सबका नियमन करो।
Śiva (as commissioner; narrated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa by Skanda)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva formally commissions Dharmarāja: a regal, administrative moment—Śiva’s command, the recipient attentive, symbols of time (sun-wheel, calendar/ledger) and dharma (staff, scales).
FAQs
Dharma is portrayed as a divinely instituted order, administered impartially over all beings under Śiva’s sovereignty.
This is doctrinal narrative within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; it does not single out a particular Kāśī shrine.
None; it describes the divine commissioning of dharma-governance rather than a devotee’s rite.