Shloka 3.35.30
मारीचाश्रमगमनम् (Ravana’s Journey to Maricha’s Hermitage)
तत्र वैखानसा माषा वालखिल्या मरीचिपाः।।।।अजा बभूवुर्धूम्राश्च सङ्गताः परमर्षयः।
tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ | ajā babhūvur dhūmrāś ca saṅgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ ||
There, gathered together, were great seers—the Vaikhānasas, Māṣas, Vālakhilyas, Marīcipas, as well as the Ajās and the Dhūmras.
Gathered together under the great tree were great sages like vaikhanasas, mashas, marichipas, valakhilyas, ajas and dhumras.
The verse highlights the sanctity of ascetic communities; protecting such gatherings is treated as a dharmic imperative in the epic’s moral world.
A sacred tree/region is described as the meeting-place of multiple lineages of great seers.
Reverence for ṛṣis and sacred spaces—recognizing spiritual authority as foundational to social and cosmic order.