Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
स धर्मराजवज्जातो धर्माधर्मविवेचकः । अदंड्यान्मण्डयन्राजा दंड्यांश्च परिदंडयन्
sa dharmarājavajjāto dharmādharmavivecakaḥ | adaṃḍyānmaṇḍayanrājā daṃḍyāṃśca paridaṃḍayan
அவன் தர்மராஜனைப் போலப் பிறந்து தர்மாதர்மத்தைத் தீர்மானிப்பவன் ஆனான்; தண்டனைக்குரியதல்லாதவர்களைப் போற்றி, தண்டிக்கத்தக்கவர்களை உறுதியாகத் தண்டித்தான்।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king seated in court like Dharma-rāja, calm yet firm; he honors the blameless and sentences the guilty with measured authority; attendants and petitioners stand in orderly rows.
FAQs
True dharma is discrimination (viveka): compassion toward the blameless and measured punishment toward wrongdoing sustain moral order.
Kāśī’s sacred order is supported indirectly through the portrayal of its righteous protector-king; the site is part of the chapter’s Vārāṇasī setting.
None; the verse teaches governance ethics rather than ritual.