Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62
धर्मारण्यमिति ख्यातिस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । यथा संजायते देव तथा कुरु महेश्वर
dharmāraṇyamiti khyātistrailokye sacarācare | yathā saṃjāyate deva tathā kuru maheśvara
“ত্ৰিলোকত, চল-অচল সকলো সত্তাৰ মাজত ‘ধৰ্মাৰণ্য’ নামৰ খ্যাতি উদ্ভৱ হওক। হে দেব, হে মহেশ্বৰ—তেনে কৰাঁ।”
Yama (continuing request)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A visionary depiction of Dharmāraṇya’s fame spreading through the three worlds—celestials, humans, and beings of forests—hearing the name; Śiva as the cosmic guarantor of renown.
FAQs
A kṣetra’s sanctity is not merely local; true dharmic power radiates across worlds through divine establishment.
Dharmāraṇya, praised as a universally renowned sacred forest/field.
None directly; the verse emphasizes kṣetra-khyāti (the propagation of a holy site’s fame).