Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
रावणारे नमस्तुभ्यं विभीषणशरण्यद । अजाय जयरूपाय रणांगणविचक्षण
rāvaṇāre namastubhyaṃ vibhīṣaṇaśaraṇyada | ajāya jayarūpāya raṇāṃgaṇavicakṣaṇa
হে ৰাৱণাৰি, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ; হে বিভীষণৰ আশ্ৰয়দাতা, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ। অজ, জয়-স্বৰূপ, আৰু ৰণাঙ্গণত বিচক্ষণ নীতিজ্ঞ, তোমাক নমো নমঃ।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma stands poised as the conqueror of Rāvaṇa, yet with open palm of refuge toward Vibhīṣaṇa; the battlefield is suggested, but the focus is on discernment and protective grace.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) is upheld as dharma; the Lord protects the surrendered and establishes victory for righteousness.
The immediate verse is a Rāma-stuti; the broader glorification belongs to Kāśī as the narrative setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None stated; the implied practice is stuti and remembrance of Rāma’s dharmic deeds.