Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
युगानां कुरुते राज्यं मनवश्च तथा परे । स्वायंभुवप्रभृतयो यथा शक्रास्तथा स्थिताः
yugānāṃ kurute rājyaṃ manavaśca tathā pare | svāyaṃbhuvaprabhṛtayo yathā śakrāstathā sthitāḥ
តាមរយៈយុគទាំងឡាយ មនុទាំងឡាយក៏ធ្វើរាជ្យដូចគ្នា ហើយអ្នកដទៃក៏ដូច្នោះ។ ចាប់ពី ស្វាយម្ភូវ មក ពួកគេត្រូវបានបង្កើតឲ្យឈរមាំ—ដូចជាពួកឥន្ទ្រា (ឝក្រ) ត្រូវបានបង្កើតក្នុងវេនរបស់ខ្លួន។
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Listener: dvijāḥ
Scene: A procession of Manus beginning with Svāyambhuva, each holding a dharma-śāstra/palm-leaf, paralleled by successive Indras with vajra—two aligned columns showing orderly succession across yugas.
FAQs
Cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) operates through appointed rulers (Manus and Indras), reminding devotees that authority is stewardship under divine law.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides cosmological context within a tīrtha-glorifying chapter.
None; the focus is the succession of Manus and Indras.