Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
हत्वा त्वरेण लंकेशं लक्ष्मणस्याग्रजो विभुः । गृहीत्वा जानकीं पुण्यां दुःखितां राक्षसेन तु
hatvā tvareṇa laṃkeśaṃ lakṣmaṇasyāgrajo vibhuḥ | gṛhītvā jānakīṃ puṇyāṃ duḥkhitāṃ rākṣasena tu
Nachdem der mächtige ältere Bruder Lakṣmaṇas den Herrn von Laṅkā eilends erschlagen hatte, nahm er die tugendhafte Jānakī wieder an sich, die der Rākṣasa in Kummer gestürzt hatte.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Laṅkā (as itihāsa-kshetra reference)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma stands victorious after slaying Rāvaṇa; the atmosphere shifts from war-smoke to calm as he receives the sorrowful yet pure Jānakī back from the rākṣasa’s captivity.
FAQs
Dharma ultimately overcomes adharma: righteous resolve protects the virtuous and defeats oppressive power.
No single tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as Purāṇic dharma-narrative within the Dharmāraṇya section.
None is stated in this verse.