Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
मम पित्रा कृतेयं ते प्रतिष्ठा राक्षसाधम । तेन नो हन्मि ते भ्राता यथा तातेन शातितः
mama pitrā kṛteyaṃ te pratiṣṭhā rākṣasādhama | tena no hanmi te bhrātā yathā tātena śātitaḥ
अरे राक्षसाधमा! तुझी ही प्रतिष्ठा माझ्या पित्यानेच स्थापिली; म्हणून आता मी तुझ्या भावाचा वध करीन, जसा माझ्या पित्याने तुझ्या पित्याला दंडित केले होते।
Kuśa (king) (contextual, inferred from later verses mentioning ‘kuśena bhūpena’)
Scene: The hero declares ancestral authority: behind him, a faint vision/portrait of the father-king establishing a throne or granting status; in front, the rākṣasa antagonist recoils as the hero vows to strike the brother.
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It highlights kṣatriya-dharma—firmness against adharma—while framing worldly power as ultimately dependent on righteous authority.
The surrounding adhyāya context moves through Setu and Rāmeśvara, anchoring the narrative in the Rāmeśvara–Setu tīrtha region.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; the passage is narrative, supporting the māhātmya setting of Rāmeśvara/Setu.
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