Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
स तत्प्राप्य महाराज्यं सोमः सोमवतां वरः । राजसूयं समाजह्रे सहस्रशतदक्षिणम्
sa tatprāpya mahārājyaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ varaḥ | rājasūyaṃ samājahre sahasraśatadakṣiṇam
Setelah memperoleh kedaulatan agung demikian, Soma—yang terbaik di antara para pemilik kemilau Soma—melaksanakan yajña Rājasūya dan menganugerahkan dakṣiṇā sebanyak seratus ribu sebagai hadiah kependetaan.
Skanda
Listener: A dvija interlocutor (addressed as ‘भो द्विज’ in adjacent verse context)
Scene: A grand Rājasūya: Soma enthroned as cakravartin, a vast vedi with blazing āhavanīya fire, priests receiving heaps of gold/cows, banners and conches, sages seated in orderly sabhā.
FAQs
True sovereignty is sanctified by dharma—especially yajña and generous dakṣiṇā—rather than by power alone.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, implying the sanctifying field of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where rites gain heightened merit.
Performance of the Rājasūya yajña accompanied by substantial dakṣiṇā (charitable sacrificial gifts).