Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
अराजके समुत्पन्ने लोकेऽत्याहितशंसिनि । प्रयत्नो विफलस्त्वासीत्सृष्टेः सृष्टिकृतस्तदा
arājake samutpanne loke'tyāhitaśaṃsini | prayatno viphalastvāsītsṛṣṭeḥ sṛṣṭikṛtastadā
ពេលស្ថានភាពគ្មានព្រះរាជា (គ្មានការគ្រប់គ្រង) កើតឡើងក្នុងលោក ហើយនាំមកនូវគ្រោះអន្តរាយយ៉ាងខ្លាំង នោះការខិតខំរបស់ព្រះសೃષ્ટិករ ដើម្បីថែរក្សាសೃષ્ટិ ក៏ក្លាយជាឥតផល។
Skanda
Scene: A symbolic tableau: the world without a king—fires unkept, fields untended, people in fear; above, Brahmā appears troubled as order unravels.
FAQs
Rājadharma (just governance) is presented as a pillar of worldly stability; without it, even cosmic design cannot easily flourish.
No specific site is named; the verse sets the moral-political collapse that motivates divine recourse, later tied to Kāśī’s sanctity.
None; the focus is on governance and the collapse of social order.