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
Engkaulah satu-satunya yang ditetapkan berwenang atas dharma bagi semua makhluk berjasad, baik yang diam maupun yang bergerak. Hari ini Aku menugaskanmu pada kewajiban yang bermula dari perhitungan hari dan penataan tata laku; pimpinlah semua makhluk menurut titah-Ku.
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.