Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अलंघ्यशासनः श्रीमान्विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः । अभुनक्प्रचुरान्भोगान्समंताद्विष्णुसात्कृतान्
alaṃghyaśāsanaḥ śrīmānviṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | abhunakpracurānbhogānsamaṃtādviṣṇusātkṛtān
त्याची आज्ञा अलंघ्य होती; तो श्रीमान् आणि विष्णुभक्तीत परायण होता। विष्णुप्रसादाने प्राप्त, सर्वत्र पवित्र झालेल्या, तो विपुल भोगांचा उपभोग घेत असे।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An illustrious king issuing just commands; around him, abundance—harvest, jewels, music—yet all offerings are first placed before a Viṣṇu icon, indicating pleasures sanctified by devotion.
FAQs
Devotion to Viṣṇu makes authority righteous and prosperity sanctified rather than corrupting.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it continues the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s devotional-ethical narrative.
None explicitly; it highlights viṣṇu-bhakti as the sustaining practice.