Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
आसीदमित्रजिन्नाम राजा परपुरंजयः । धार्मिकः सत्त्वसंपन्नः प्रजारंजनतत्परः
āsīdamitrajinnāma rājā parapuraṃjayaḥ | dhārmikaḥ sattvasaṃpannaḥ prajāraṃjanatatparaḥ
अमित्रजित नाम का एक राजा था, जो शत्रु-नगरों का विजेता था। वह धर्मात्मा, सद्गुणसम्पन्न और प्रजा को प्रसन्न रखने में तत्पर था।
Maheśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: A regal portrait of King Amitrajit: armored yet serene, standing before a city he has subdued, while citizens appear protected and content—signaling conquest tempered by righteousness.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography is often taught through exemplary kings whose dharma becomes the backdrop for a tīrtha’s glory.
The verse begins the narrative leading to Vīreśvara’s manifestation in Kāśī (site not named explicitly in this line).
None; it sets the narrative context by describing the king’s virtues.