Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
तस्मात्त्वं गच्छ राज्यं स्वं स्वधर्मेण प्रपालय । इह लोके परे चैव येन सौख्यं प्रजायते
tasmāttvaṃ gaccha rājyaṃ svaṃ svadharmeṇa prapālaya | iha loke pare caiva yena saukhyaṃ prajāyate
“Karena itu, pergilah ke kerajaanmu sendiri dan peliharalah menurut svadharma-mu. Dengan laku demikian, kebahagiaan lahir di dunia ini dan juga di alam seberang.”
Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher within the dialogue)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A counselor/ascetic figure directs the king to return and rule righteously; the king stands ready to depart, hands folded, with a sense of resolved duty.
FAQs
Righteous governance (rāja-dharma) is a spiritual path: protecting subjects in accordance with svadharma yields welfare here and hereafter.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a dharma conclusion within the tīrtha-mahātmya storyline.
No ritual is prescribed; the instruction is practical dharma—return, rule, and protect according to svadharma.