Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
ब्रह्मोवाच । त्वयि राज्यं प्रकुर्वाणे देवो वृष्टिं विधास्यति । पापनिष्ठे च वै राज्ञि न देवो वर्षते पुनः
brahmovāca | tvayi rājyaṃ prakurvāṇe devo vṛṣṭiṃ vidhāsyati | pāpaniṣṭhe ca vai rājñi na devo varṣate punaḥ
Phạm Thiên dạy: “Khi ngươi gánh vác vương sự theo đạo vua, thần linh sẽ ban mưa. Nhưng nếu vua chuyên tâm vào tội lỗi, thần linh sẽ chẳng còn cho mưa nữa.”
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā instructs with raised teaching hand; behind him, symbolic clouds and rain over green fields for dharmic rule, and parched land for sinful rule—split-panel allegory.
FAQs
Public welfare (like rain) is tied to the ruler’s dharma; moral governance sustains cosmic and social order.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī narrative, connecting dharmic rule to the sacred order upheld around Kāśī.
No explicit ritual; it prescribes righteous conduct for rulers as the condition for prosperity.