Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98
संत्यक्ष्यंति युगे तस्मिन्प्राणिद्रोहेऽपि वर्तिनम् । क्षात्रधर्मं परित्यज्य करिष्यंति तथा रणम्
saṃtyakṣyaṃti yuge tasminprāṇidrohe'pi vartinam | kṣātradharmaṃ parityajya kariṣyaṃti tathā raṇam
तस्मिन् युगे प्राणिद्रोहेऽपि वर्तिनं संत्यक्ष्यन्ति। क्षात्रधर्मं परित्यज्य तथैव रणं करिष्यन्ति—अधर्मेण।
Bṛhaspati
Listener: Suraśreṣṭha (best among the gods)
Scene: A battlefield without dharma: soldiers clash while civilians suffer; a kṣatriya drops his bow in confusion; a rishi points to a dharma-banner fallen to the ground.
FAQs
Power without dharma becomes mere aggression; true kṣātra-dharma restrains violence and protects life and justice.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse.
None; it contrasts righteous duty with adharmic warfare.
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