Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
यथा कृतं त्वया राज्यं प्रजाः संरक्षिता नृप । तथान्यो भूपतिः कश्चिन्न कर्ता न करिष्यति
yathā kṛtaṃ tvayā rājyaṃ prajāḥ saṃrakṣitā nṛpa | tathānyo bhūpatiḥ kaścinna kartā na kariṣyati
ដូចដែលព្រះអង្គបានគ្រប់គ្រងរាជ្យ និងការពារប្រជារាស្ត្រ ឱ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ—មិនមានស្តេចណាផ្សេងទៀតធ្លាប់ធ្វើដូច្នេះទេ ហើយក៏មិននឹងមាននាពេលអនាគតដែរ។
Śiva (continuing reply as Śrī Bhagavān)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The deity addresses the king with approving authority; the king stands steadier now, still reverent; behind him, subjects or symbolic figures of prajā may be shown, indicating protection and welfare; the queen remains beside him.
FAQs
Protecting subjects is sacred service; dharmic governance becomes a form of worship worthy of divine praise.
The tīrtha narrative elevates the locale by linking it with an exemplary king blessed by Śiva in Adhyāya 95.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse teaches rāja-dharma as lived discipline.