Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
यैः कृतो जनविध्वंसो राक्षसैः सुदुरात्मभिः । राज्ये कुशस्य संप्राप्तैः प्रभोर्मम महात्मनः
yaiḥ kṛto janavidhvaṃso rākṣasaiḥ sudurātmabhiḥ | rājye kuśasya saṃprāptaiḥ prabhormama mahātmanaḥ
“कुशाच्या राज्यात शिरून आलेल्या त्या अत्यंत दुष्ट राक्षसांनी माझ्या महात्मा प्रभूच्या राज्यात प्रजेचा विध्वंस केला आहे.”
Narrative voice (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A lamenting accusation: the speaker points to the devastation caused by wicked rākṣasas who infiltrated Kuśa’s realm; behind, a suggestion of ruined dwellings and grieving populace, while the messenger listens.
FAQs
Adharma that harms the innocent becomes the cause for rightful correction; kingship is measured by protection of people.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame, but no single tīrtha is explicitly named in the verse itself.
None in this verse; it introduces the wrongdoing that prompts subsequent corrective action.
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