Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
अदृष्टान्यपि शस्त्राणि तानि कुर्वंति तत्क्षणात् । अन्येषां च महीपानां राज्ये गुप्तान्यनेकशः । कुर्वन्ति मनुजास्तेषां चक्रे वैवस्वतो ग्रहम्
adṛṣṭānyapi śastrāṇi tāni kurvaṃti tatkṣaṇāt | anyeṣāṃ ca mahīpānāṃ rājye guptānyanekaśaḥ | kurvanti manujāsteṣāṃ cakre vaivasvato graham
अदृष्टान्यपि शस्त्राणि तानि तत्क्षणमेव स्वकार्यं साधयन्ति। अन्येषामपि महीपानां राज्येषु नानाप्रकारेण गुप्ताः शक्तयः मनुजान् निगृह्णन्ति—वैवस्वतस्य यमस्य ग्रहे च कर्मचक्रे च पातयन्ति।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral-cosmic tableau: invisible weapons/forces moving like subtle arrows; Yama’s dark wheel turning; kings’ courts under hidden restraints; a contrast with a luminous protected sacred region implied by the mahātmya.
FAQs
Not all enforcement is visible: unseen forces—karma and divine justice—act swiftly and universally to uphold dharma.
No site is named; the verse generalizes the Mahātmya’s moral universe, where sacred order operates beyond human sight.
None; the focus is on karmic governance and divine restraint rather than pilgrimage rites.
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