Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
तस्मात्कुरु सुरश्रेष्ठ पुनरेव यथा पुरा । मदीयभवने कृत्स्नो व्यवहारः प्रजायते
tasmātkuru suraśreṣṭha punareva yathā purā | madīyabhavane kṛtsno vyavahāraḥ prajāyate
ஆகையால், தேவர்களில் சிறந்தவனே! முன்புபோல மீண்டும் செய்; என் இல்லத்தில் முழு நீதிநிர்வாகம் மறுபடியும் தோன்றட்டும்.
Yama (Vaivasvata)
Scene: Yama, still bowed, requests Brahmā to reinstate the full judicial process in Yamaloka; Brahmā listens gravely, holding a manuscript/veda, signaling re-establishment of cosmic procedure.
FAQs
Cosmic governance is purposeful; when its function disappears, the deity in charge seeks rebalancing under higher divine authority.
The line belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 95); it does not name a particular tīrtha.
None; this is a petition within a narrative dialogue.
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