Skandapurana 7.10.29_66

7.10.29_66

rājyebhavad durācāra27stasmin28 rājyaṃ praśāsati .
svayameva sa vāyuśca candraśāḥ sūrya eva ca29 . . 22 . .
abhavad vyāsa lokeṣu tapobalasamanvitaḥ .
oṣadhyaḥ svavamudbhūtāstasmin rājani śāsati 30 . . 23 . .
vinā kṛṣṭiṃ31 saṃ bhavanti sarvalokasya sādhikāḥ32 .
sa eva tāssamādāya33 kṣaraṃ34 nayati daityarāṭ . . 24. .
sa evāmardayaccāpi nināya ca punargṛhān.
sa eva daṇḍikobhūcca daṇḍaścaiva35 sa eva hi . . 25 . .
sa eva yogāt36 sarvatra caurād37 rakṣati nityadā .
na tasya vyādhitaḥ kaścinmriyate vāpi kaścana . . 26 . .
paradāraprasakto vā piśuno vāpi karhici tu .
hiṃsakā na ca tasyāsanna cāpyadhārmikāḥ kvacit . . 27. .
palvalāni taḍāgāni saritprasravaṇāni ca .
vinā vṛṣṭyā38 bhavantyete sarvatraiva ca susthitam . . 28 . .
na santi tasya rakṣāṃsi na piśācāśca hiṃsriṇaḥ .
ītayaśca na santyasya na dvandvāni ca kānicit . . 29 . .
na juhvate tadā vahniṃ viprāstasmim̐stu rājani .
nādhīyate yajante vā ekavarṇamabhūttadā . . 8.95.30 . .
bhṛgavo yebhavan viprā dānavānāṃ mudāvahāḥ .
adhīyate39 yajante ca evaṃ ta vyāsa sarvaśaḥ . . 31 . .
hṛṣṭapuṣṭamabhūt40 sarvaṃ41 vyādhiduḥkhavivarjitam42 .
varṇāśrama43 parityaktaṃ sarvalokasamaṃ44 jagat . . 32 . .

No wicked conduct existed in the kingdom while he ruled the realm. / He himself was the wind, the moon, and the sun,
endowed with the power of tapas among the worlds, O Vyāsa. / Plants sprouted by themselves while that king ruled;
without plowing, they thrived, providing for all the people. / Taking them, the Daitya king himself brought them to maturity;
he himself threshed them and brought them back to the households. / He himself was the punisher, and he indeed was the punishment.
Through his mastery he continually guarded against thieves everywhere. / In his [kingdom], no one fell ill, nor did anyone die,
nor was anyone attached to another's wife, nor was anyone ever a slanderer. / In his [realm] there were no violent people, nor were there ever the unrighteous.
Ponds, lakes, rivers, and waterfalls / arose everywhere in fine condition even without rain.
In his realm there were no rākṣasas, nor injurious piśācas; / there were no pestilences, nor were there any dualities.
Brahmins did not offer into the fire at that time, while that king [ruled]; / they did not study, nor did they sacrifice; there was then a single caste.
Those who were Bhṛgu brahmins, bringing joy to the Dānavas, / studied and sacrificed everywhere in that manner, O Vyāsa.
All was joyful and thriving, free from sickness and sorrow, / devoid of the classes and stages of life, a world where all people were equal.