Skanda Purana 5.12

Sūta said: / Thus that protector of the earth, according to his capacity, built a city / resembling the city of Indra and gave it to the brahmins,

resplendent with excellent houses adorned with pearls, corals, lapis lazuli, gems, and gold, / like the sky with constellations of stars,

surrounded on all sides by crystal mansions resembling the peaks of Kailāsa, / adorned with divine banners,

very charming, adorned with thousands of archways / of gold, exceedingly varied, lofty, spotless, and auspicious,

with oblong ponds beautified with stairs of gems on all sides, / equipped with pleasure-groves, wells, machines, and all implements; / having dedicated it to the chief brahmins, he accomplished his purpose.

Residing constantly at Śaṅkhatīrtha, he then summoned his offspring, / his sons, grandsons, and servants, and spoke this word:

"This city was built by me and offered to the brahmins; / at my command, you must protect it diligently.

In such a way that all the brahmins may be happy and pleased in mind, / protection must be carried out by all of you attentively. / And whichever king, endowed with devotion, protects them, / or even another, he shall attain supreme splendor on earth.

Invincible to all enemies, majestic, and full of prosperity / he shall become without a doubt, by protecting the brahmins.

Rich in sons, grandsons, and good servants, long-lived, and free from disease / he will become by the grace of the brahmins and by my word.

Whoever, on the other hand, filled with hatred, brings distress / upon these tigers among brahmins, he shall go to hell.

So too, having incurred miseries, witnessed numerous humiliations / and the loss of beloved kin, stricken with disease, reviled,

and meeting the destruction of his lineage, he shall go to the abode of Yama. / Therefore, with every effort, this city must be protected / at my word, especially by those who desire their own welfare."

Having thus spoken to all of them, that ruler of the earth remained in austerity. / They too did everything just as they were instructed by him.

Thus ends the twelfth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Instruction Given to His Own Sons and Others for the Preservation of the City by King Camatkāra' in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the sixth [book], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.