Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 174
एवं प्रभावो राजासीद्वैन्यः स नृपसत्तमः । ततः स रंजयामास धर्मेण पृथिवीं तदा
evaṃ prabhāvo rājāsīdvainyaḥ sa nṛpasattamaḥ | tataḥ sa raṃjayāmāsa dharmeṇa pṛthivīṃ tadā
ดังนี้เอง พระราชาไวญะ ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่กษัตริย์ มีเดชานุภาพยิ่งนัก ครั้นแล้วในกาลนั้น พระองค์ทรงยังแผ่นดินให้รื่นรมย์และทรงปกครองด้วยธรรมะ
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: शौनकादयः ऋषयः
Scene: धर्मनिष्ठः वैन्यः नृपः सिंहासने स्थितः, प्रजाजनैः परिवृतः; पृष्ठभूमौ प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य तट-प्रकृति, दूरस्थे सोमेश्वर-लिङ्ग-ध्वजः।
FAQs
The hallmark of righteous rule is governance that brings welfare and inner contentment through dharma.
The verse is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya; it supports the sacred narrative by presenting dharma as the force that sanctifies land and people.
No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is ethical and political dharma (rāja-dharma).