Shloka 5.55.25
लङ्कादाहानन्तरचिन्ता — Hanuman’s Post-Conflagration Self-Examination and Assurance of Sita’s Safety
त्रयाणां भरतादीनां भ्रात्रूणां देवता च या।रामस्य च मन: कान्ता सा कथं विनशिष्यति।।।।
trayāṇāṃ bharatādīnāṃ bhrātrūṇāṃ devatā ca yā | rāmasya ca manaḥ-kāntā sā kathaṃ vinaśiṣyati ||
She who is revered like a goddess by Bharata and the other two brothers, and who is beloved to Rama’s very heart—how could such a Sita ever be destroyed?
'To Bharata, Lakshmana and Satrughna she is a goddess and she is dear to Rama's heart, how would she perish?
Reverence for the righteous (especially a chaste and virtuous queen) implies moral and divine protection; dharma is portrayed as something that does not allow the innocent to be senselessly destroyed.
After Lanka is set ablaze, Hanuman worries whether Sita might have been harmed and argues to himself that her sanctity and honored status make her destruction unlikely.
Sita’s sanctity and worthiness of veneration, shown by how Rama’s brothers regard her as devatā-like, and by her central place in Rama’s heart.