Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
मयाभिषिक्तो राजर्षिः प्रजाः पातुं नरेश्वरः । चकार समयं सोपि महावीर्यो महातपाः
mayābhiṣikto rājarṣiḥ prajāḥ pātuṃ nareśvaraḥ | cakāra samayaṃ sopi mahāvīryo mahātapāḥ
“Raja-ṛṣi itu kuurapi sebagai raja, agar melindungi rakyat. Ia pun—berdaya gagah dan bertapa agung—menetapkan tatanan yang benar serta disiplin.”
Brahmā (continuing address to Śiva)
Scene: Brahmā performs royal consecration: sacred waters poured, the rājarṣi stands composed with weapons laid aside in reverence; afterward he proclaims ordinances, embodying both warrior strength and ascetic restraint.
FAQs
Legitimate rulership is sanctified through proper anointing and must be exercised as protection of subjects and enforcement of dharmic order.
The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Avimukta/Kāśī framework, though its immediate focus is the establishment of righteous kingship.
A royal rite is implied: abhiṣeka (consecration/anointing) as the dharmic basis for kingship.