Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अथ काशीं समासाद्य रविरंतर्बहिश्चरन् । मनागपि न तद्भूपे धर्मध्वस्तिमवेक्षत
atha kāśīṃ samāsādya raviraṃtarbahiścaran | manāgapi na tadbhūpe dharmadhvastimavekṣata
Kemudian, setelah sampai di Kāśī, Ravi bergerak berkeliling di dalam dan di luar; namun pada raja itu baginda tidak melihat sedikit pun keruntuhan dharma.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Arriving in Kāśī, Ravi moves about inside and outside, surveying the realm; he finds not even a slight sign of dharma’s destruction in that king’s land.
FAQs
In a truly dharmic realm, righteousness is visible in governance; sacred places are upheld through dharmic kingship.
Kāśī, portrayed as a city worthy of divine scrutiny and as a center where dharma is not easily overthrown.
None; the verse is observational, describing Sūrya’s inspection and the absence of dharma’s decline.