Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अलंघ्यशासनः श्रीमान्विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः । अभुनक्प्रचुरान्भोगान्समंताद्विष्णुसात्कृतान्
alaṃghyaśāsanaḥ śrīmānviṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | abhunakpracurānbhogānsamaṃtādviṣṇusātkṛtān
उसकी आज्ञा अटल थी; वह श्रीमान् और विष्णुभक्ति में परायण था। विष्णु-प्रसाद से प्राप्त, चारों ओर से पवित्र किए गए, वह प्रचुर भोगों का उपभोग करता था।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An illustrious king issuing just commands; around him, abundance—harvest, jewels, music—yet all offerings are first placed before a Viṣṇu icon, indicating pleasures sanctified by devotion.
FAQs
Devotion to Viṣṇu makes authority righteous and prosperity sanctified rather than corrupting.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s devotional-ethical narrative.
None explicitly; it highlights viṣṇu-bhakti as the sustaining practice.