Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
अनीतयश्च तद्ग्रामानाराजपुरुषाः क्वचित् । गृहेगृहेत्र धनदा नाक एकोऽलकापतिः
anītayaśca tadgrāmānārājapuruṣāḥ kvacit | gṛhegṛhetra dhanadā nāka eko'lakāpatiḥ
នៅភូមិទាំងនោះ មិនមានអយុត្តិធម៌ទេ ហើយក៏មិនឃើញមន្ត្រីរាជការដែលបង្កទុក្ខទោសឡើយ; នៅទីនេះ ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិមាននៅគ្រប់ផ្ទះ ខណៈនៅស្វৰ্ংមានតែគុបេរៈ ម្ចាស់អលកា ជាអ្នកប្រទានទ្រព្យតែមួយ។
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (and its grāmas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Peaceful Kāśī villages with open doors, content households, no soldiers harassing people; wealth symbolized by full granaries and lamps. In contrast, a small celestial inset shows Kubera alone as Alakā’s lord, while on earth wealth is distributed widely.
FAQs
Dharma in governance manifests as justice, non-oppression, and shared prosperity—signs of a land blessed by sacred power.
Kāśī is implied as the realm whose villages are marked by justice and abundance.
None; the verse describes societal fruits of dharmic rule rather than a specific rite.