Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
ममैव कार्यं विह्तिं त्वं यदत्र व्यवस्थितः । यस्यां सुरप्रवेशो न तस्मिन्राजनि शासति
mamaiva kāryaṃ vihtiṃ tvaṃ yadatra vyavasthitaḥ | yasyāṃ surapraveśo na tasminrājani śāsati
तू येथे स्थिर राहून माझ्याच कार्यविधीची पूर्तता करीत आहेस; कारण ज्या राज्यात देवांचा प्रवेश नाही, त्या राज्यात तोच राजा शासन करतो.
Śiva (Deva-deveśa)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/saṃvāda audience
Scene: Śiva explains a strategic cosmic arrangement: Ravi stationed as a vigilant sentinel; in the distance, a shadowed kingdom with barred divine entry, symbolizing a boon-protected or adharmic rule.
FAQs
Cosmic roles are instruments of Śiva’s purpose; divine beings act within dharmic constraints tied to sacred history.
Kāśī is implied as the domain where extraordinary rules—such as restricting divine entry—operate under Śiva’s will.
None; the verse explains divine administration and the exceptional status of the realm.