Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
यैः कृतो जनविध्वंसो राक्षसैः सुदुरात्मभिः । राज्ये कुशस्य संप्राप्तैः प्रभोर्मम महात्मनः
yaiḥ kṛto janavidhvaṃso rākṣasaiḥ sudurātmabhiḥ | rājye kuśasya saṃprāptaiḥ prabhormama mahātmanaḥ
“โดยพวกรากษสผู้ชั่วช้านัก—ที่บุกเข้าสู่อาณาจักรของกุศะ อันเป็นราชย์ขององค์นายผู้มหาบุรุษของข้า—ได้ก่อการพินาศแก่ประชาชน…”
Narrative voice (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A lamenting accusation: the speaker points to the devastation caused by wicked rākṣasas who infiltrated Kuśa’s realm; behind, a suggestion of ruined dwellings and grieving populace, while the messenger listens.
FAQs
Adharma that harms the innocent becomes the cause for rightful correction; kingship is measured by protection of people.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame, but no single tīrtha is explicitly named in the verse itself.
None in this verse; it introduces the wrongdoing that prompts subsequent corrective action.