Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
धन्यो हि स धनाढ्यश्च प्रजां यत्नैरपालयत् । राज्यं तस्य सुसंपन्नं ब्राह्मणैरुपशोभितम् । समृद्धमृद्धिसंयुक्तं विटतस्करवर्जितम्
dhanyo hi sa dhanāḍhyaśca prajāṃ yatnairapālayat | rājyaṃ tasya susaṃpannaṃ brāhmaṇairupaśobhitam | samṛddhamṛddhisaṃyuktaṃ viṭataskaravarjitam
وہ راجا واقعی مبارک اور دولت مند تھا؛ اس نے بڑی کوشش سے رعایا کی نگہبانی کی۔ اس کی سلطنت خوب سامان یافتہ تھی، برہمنوں سے آراستہ—خوشحال، نعمتوں سے بھرپور، اور لٹیروں و چوروں سے پاک۔
Īśvara (Śiva) (narrating)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra (implied causal backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A panoramic description of Sudarśana’s ideal kingdom: wealthy, orderly, adorned by brāhmaṇas, abundant, and free from thieves—an image of dharma made visible.
FAQs
Dharmic kingship protects subjects, honors the learned, and creates a society free from exploitation and crime.
The verse supports the Prabhāsa Māhātmya narrative context, though no separate tīrtha-name is stated here.
None; it describes the fruits and marks of righteous rule (rājadharma).