Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
प्रजाः पालयतस्तस्य पुत्रानिव निजौरसान् । रिपुंजयस्य नाल्पोपि बभूवाधर्मसंग्रहः
prajāḥ pālayatastasya putrāniva nijaurasān | ripuṃjayasya nālpopi babhūvādharmasaṃgrahaḥ
وہ اپنی رعایا کی حفاظت اپنے حقیقی بیٹوں کی طرح کرتا تھا؛ اس لیے رِپُنجَی میں ادھرم کا ذرّہ برابر بھی ذخیرہ پیدا نہ ہوا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: King Ripuṃjaya seated in court, listening to petitions; he shelters citizens—farmers, ascetics, merchants—like children under a protective canopy.
FAQs
Rājadharma is fulfilled by parental care for subjects; such rule prevents the growth of adharma.
The verse belongs to the Kāśī-kṣetra narrative frame, but it does not name a particular tīrtha.
None; it is a governance ideal (rājadharma) rather than a ritual.