Adhyaya 243

PP.6.243 portrays Rāma’s royal consecration (abhiṣeka) at a supremely auspicious time. Vasiṣṭha and other eminent ṛṣis perform the rite with mantra, homa, sanctified waters, and maṅgala substances. Rāma and Sītā are enthroned in radiant splendor amid celestial omens, while Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata, Śatrughna, Sugrīva, Jāmbavān, Hanumān, and Vibhīṣaṇa render ritual service. Moved by devotion, Śaṅkara (Śiva) offers an exalted stuti, praising Rāma as the Supreme Brahman and Sītā as Śakti/Lakṣmī, and aligning them with multiple divine pairs (Viṣṇu–Śrī, Śiva–Gaurī, and others). Rāma then teaches the hymn’s phalaśruti—protection, prosperity, victory, and swift siddhi—after which the gods and attendants depart, reciting the stotra.