ईश्वरस्य धनुर्भग्नं जनकस्य गृहे स्थितम् । रामः पंचदशे वर्षे षड्वर्षां चैव मैथिलीम्
īśvarasya dhanurbhagnaṃ janakasya gṛhe sthitam | rāmaḥ paṃcadaśe varṣe ṣaḍvarṣāṃ caiva maithilīm
كان في بيتِ جَنَكَ محفوظًا قوسُ الربّ المكسور؛ ورام، في عامه الخامس عشر، نال ميثِلي ذات الستّ سنين عروسًا له.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Mithilā (Videha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: Royal hall of Mithilā: the massive Śiva-bow displayed; courtiers and sages present; youthful Rāma poised; Sītā nearby with garland; atmosphere of wonder as the bow’s fate turns.
Merit and destiny converge when dharma and divine signs align; sacred tokens (like the Lord’s bow) become instruments for righteous union.
Mithilā/Janaka’s realm is referenced by context, but no tīrtha-phala (pilgrimage merit) is explicitly stated in this verse.
No direct prescription; it alludes to the svayaṃvara context centered on the Lord’s bow.