Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
तथापि तव दास्यामि बहुधर्मरतस्य च । तस्मात्कुरु महाभाग राज्यं गत्वा निजं गृहम्
tathāpi tava dāsyāmi bahudharmaratasya ca | tasmātkuru mahābhāga rājyaṃ gatvā nijaṃ gṛham
پھر بھی، چونکہ تو بہت سے دھرموں میں رَت ہے، میں تجھے ور عطا کروں گا۔ پس اے نیک بخت، اپنے گھر جا اور اپنی سلطنت کی حکمرانی سنبھال۔
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, compassionate yet firm, grants a boon in some form and instructs Andhaka to return home and rule—divine sanction paired with worldly responsibility.
FAQs
Dharma includes responsible worldly duty; after tapas, one may be directed back to righteous governance.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the boon-dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None; it is an instruction toward rājadharma (rightful rule) rather than a ritual act.