Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54
निर्वेक्ष्यामि सुखान्येव राज्ये निहतकंटके । इति निश्चित्य दुर्बुद्धिः पुनश्चिंतितवान्मुने
nirvekṣyāmi sukhānyeva rājye nihatakaṃṭake | iti niścitya durbuddhiḥ punaściṃtitavānmune
“Ta sẽ chỉ hưởng thụ toàn những lạc thú trong vương quốc đã chặt sạch gai (chướng ngại).” Quyết định như thế, hỡi bậc Muni, kẻ tâm trí ác ấy lại suy tính thêm.
Skanda (narration to Agastya inferred; addressing “muni” in the telling)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ruler-aspirant in a dim chamber, pacing and plotting; outside, a ‘thornless’ garden appears unreal, while shadows of consequences gather.
FAQs
Seeking comfort by destroying rightful restraints is condemned as misguided; true peace arises from dharma, not coercion.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered purāṇic context.
None.