Shloka 3.12.2
अगस्त्याश्रमप्रवेशः तथा दिव्यायुधप्रदानम् (Entry into Agastya’s Hermitage and the Gift of Divine Weapons)
राजा दशरथो नाम ज्येष्ठस्तस्य सुतो बली।रामः प्राप्तो मुनिं द्रष्टुं भार्यया सह सीतया।।।।
sa tatra brahmaṇaḥ sthānam agneḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca |
viṣṇoḥ sthānaṃ mahendrasya sthānaṃ caiva vivasvataḥ |
somasthānaṃ bhagasthānaṃ sthānaṃ kauberam eva ca |
dhātur vidhātuḥ sthāne ca vāyoḥ sthānaṃ tathaiva ca |
nāgarājasya ca sthānam anantasya mahātmanaḥ |
sthānaṃ tathaiva gāyatryā vasūnāṃ sthānam eva ca |
sthānaṃ ca pāśahastasya varuṇasya mahātmanaḥ |
kārtikeyasya ca sthānaṃ dharmasthānaṃ ca paśyati ||
In that hermitage he beheld the sacred stations of many deities—beginning with Brahmā and Agni and ending with the station of Dharma itself—revealing a place ordered by righteousness and made holy by consecration.
The valiant eldest son of king Dasaratha has come along with his wife Sita to see the sage.
Dharma is presented as the organizing principle of sacred life: the visible ordering of consecrated spaces mirrors inner discipline and truthful observance.
The narrative continues the description of Agastya’s hermitage, emphasizing the many divine stations Rāma notices upon entering.
Respect for dharmic institutions and contemplative awareness in a holy setting.