Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
ममैव कार्यं विह्तिं त्वं यदत्र व्यवस्थितः । यस्यां सुरप्रवेशो न तस्मिन्राजनि शासति
mamaiva kāryaṃ vihtiṃ tvaṃ yadatra vyavasthitaḥ | yasyāṃ surapraveśo na tasminrājani śāsati
یقیناً تُو یہاں ٹھہر کر میرا ہی کام انجام دے رہا ہے؛ کیونکہ جس سلطنت میں دیوتاؤں کا داخلہ نہیں، اسی میں وہ بادشاہ حکومت کرتا ہے۔
Śiva (Deva-deveśa)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/saṃvāda audience
Scene: Śiva explains a strategic cosmic arrangement: Ravi stationed as a vigilant sentinel; in the distance, a shadowed kingdom with barred divine entry, symbolizing a boon-protected or adharmic rule.
FAQs
Cosmic roles are instruments of Śiva’s purpose; divine beings act within dharmic constraints tied to sacred history.
Kāśī is implied as the domain where extraordinary rules—such as restricting divine entry—operate under Śiva’s will.
None; the verse explains divine administration and the exceptional status of the realm.