Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
अथ काशीं समासाद्य रविरंतर्बहिश्चरन् । मनागपि न तद्भूपे धर्मध्वस्तिमवेक्षत
atha kāśīṃ samāsādya raviraṃtarbahiścaran | manāgapi na tadbhūpe dharmadhvastimavekṣata
پھر کاشی پہنچ کر رَوی اندر اور باہر ہر طرف گردش کرتا رہا؛ مگر اُس بادشاہ کے دیس میں دھرم کی بربادی اس نے ذرّہ بھر بھی نہ دیکھی۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Arriving in Kāśī, Ravi moves about inside and outside, surveying the realm; he finds not even a slight sign of dharma’s destruction in that king’s land.
FAQs
In a truly dharmic realm, righteousness is visible in governance; sacred places are upheld through dharmic kingship.
Kāśī, portrayed as a city worthy of divine scrutiny and as a center where dharma is not easily overthrown.
None; the verse is observational, describing Sūrya’s inspection and the absence of dharma’s decline.