Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
शक्राद्या अमराः सर्वे त्वया पूज्याः सदैव हि । मान्याश्च येन ते राज्यं जायते शाश्वतं सदा
śakrādyā amarāḥ sarve tvayā pūjyāḥ sadaiva hi | mānyāśca yena te rājyaṃ jāyate śāśvataṃ sadā
शक्रादयः सर्वेऽमराः त्वया नित्यं पूजनीयाः सम्माननीयाश्च; तैः सत्कारैस्तव राज्यं नित्यं शाश्वतं च भवति।
Rāma (implied, addressing Vibhīṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A divine admonition to a ruler: the devas headed by Śakra are to be honored; the king’s throne and insignia appear secondary to the act of worship, suggesting sovereignty arising from reverence.
FAQs
Sovereignty is safeguarded by humility and reverence toward the divine order (devas), not by ego.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives a general dharmic rule within a pilgrimage-glorification context.
Deva-pūjā (worship and honoring of the gods, especially Indra and others) is prescribed.
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