Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
शाकल्य उवाच । राजाऽदेशः सदा कार्यः पुरुषैर्देशवासिभिः । योगक्षेमविधानाय तथा लाभाय केवलम्
śākalya uvāca | rājā'deśaḥ sadā kāryaḥ puruṣairdeśavāsibhiḥ | yogakṣemavidhānāya tathā lābhāya kevalam
ശാകല്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദേശവാസികളായ പുരുഷന്മാർ എപ്പോഴും രാജാജ്ഞ പാലിക്കണം; കാരണം അത് അവരുടെ യോഗക്ഷേമ-രക്ഷയ്ക്കും ലാഭ-സമൃദ്ധിക്കും വേണ്ടിയുള്ളതുതന്നെ.
Śākalya
Scene: Śākalya speaks with measured authority, explaining that the king’s orders are to be executed by the realm’s inhabitants for yogakṣema and prosperity.
FAQs
Dharma in society includes honoring rightful royal governance, which is portrayed as safeguarding collective welfare (yogakṣema).
This verse functions as rājadharma instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; no single tīrtha is explicitly named in this line.
No ritual is prescribed here; it is a normative instruction about civic obedience and welfare.