Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
प्राप्तो युद्धाय द्वादश्यां यावत्कृष्णां चतुर्दशीम् । अष्टादशदिने रामो रावणं द्वैरथेऽवधीत्
prāpto yuddhāya dvādaśyāṃ yāvatkṛṣṇāṃ caturdaśīm | aṣṭādaśadine rāmo rāvaṇaṃ dvairathe'vadhīt
দ্বাদশী থেকে কৃষ্ণপক্ষের চতুর্দশী পর্যন্ত তিনি যুদ্ধে প্রবৃত্ত ছিলেন। অষ্টাদশ দিনে রথযুদ্ধে দ্বৈরথে শ্রীराम রাবণকে বধ করলেন।
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Scene: Rāma and Rāvaṇa in a climactic chariot duel: dust-filled battlefield, banners snapping, bowstrings taut; gods and siddhas watching from the sky as the duel reaches its decisive moment.
FAQs
The fall of tyranny is certain when dharma stands firm; sustained righteous effort culminates in decisive victory.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse preserves the sacred chronology of a foundational dharma narrative.
None; this is a time-stamped narration of Rāvaṇa’s defeat.