Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67
तस्य राज्ञः प्रजास्त्रातुं भूयाच्चैष मनोरथः । मम नाडीद्वयं राज्यं तस्यापि च शतक्रतोः
tasya rājñaḥ prajāstrātuṃ bhūyāccaiṣa manorathaḥ | mama nāḍīdvayaṃ rājyaṃ tasyāpi ca śatakratoḥ
اس کی مزید آرزو یہ ہو کہ وہ اس راجا کی رعایا کی حفاظت کرے۔ میرا ‘دو ناڑیوں’ والا دوہرا راج اسی کا بھی ہو اور شتکرتو (اندَر) کا بھی۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage/audience in Kāśī-mahātmya frame (contextual)
Scene: A blessing is articulated: the king’s wish to protect subjects; symbolic depiction of two nāḍīs as twin luminous channels flanking a central axis, suggesting balanced sovereignty shared with Śatakratu (Indra).
FAQs
The hallmark of righteous sovereignty is protection of subjects; power is legitimate only when aligned with dharma.
The verse occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s narration; the immediate focus is dharmic kingship within the sacred account.
No ritual is prescribed; it emphasizes rājadharma—ethical governance and protection.