Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
अजानां कदनं दृष्ट्वा ततः स पृथिवीपतिः । स्वहस्ताद्यष्टिमुत्सृज्य जग्राह निशितायुधम्
ajānāṃ kadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ sa pṛthivīpatiḥ | svahastādyaṣṭimutsṛjya jagrāha niśitāyudham
निर्दोषांचा संहार पाहून, पृथ्वीपति राजाने हातातील दंड टाकून देऊन तीक्ष्ण शस्त्र उचलले।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages within Nāgarakhaṇḍa framing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king, seeing the slaughter, throws aside his staff and grips a sharp weapon, stepping forward as his retinue recoils.
FAQs
Righteous kingship (kṣātra-dharma) begins with protecting the helpless; moral outrage at adharma becomes a duty to act.
This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the immediate line emphasizes dharmic action within the broader tīrtha-glorification narrative of Adhyāya 95.
No explicit ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is stated here; it focuses on the dharmic response of a ruler.