Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80
युद्धावहारः संग्रामो द्वासप्ततिदिनान्यभूत् । वैशाखादि तिथौ राम उवास रणभूमिषु । अभिषिक्तो द्वितीयायां लंकाराज्ये विभी षणः
yuddhāvahāraḥ saṃgrāmo dvāsaptatidinānyabhūt | vaiśākhādi tithau rāma uvāsa raṇabhūmiṣu | abhiṣikto dvitīyāyāṃ laṃkārājye vibhī ṣaṇaḥ
The withdrawals and the warfare together lasted seventy-two days. From the tithis of Vaiśākha onward, Rāma remained upon the battlefields. On the second tithi, Vibhīṣaṇa was anointed and consecrated to the kingship of Laṅkā.
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Laṅkā-rājya-abhisheka-smṛti (narrative locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vibhīṣaṇa seated for coronation on a jeweled throne; priests pour consecration waters; Rāma stands as dharma-guarantor; Laṅkā’s golden city in the background, battlefield now quiet.
FAQs
Dharma restores rightful governance: victory is completed not merely by conquest, but by establishing just rule (rājadharma).
Laṅkā is referenced as the kingdom where rightful consecration occurs; no pilgrimage merit is explicitly described.
Abhiṣeka (royal consecration) of Vibhīṣaṇa on Dvitīyā is mentioned, without detailing the rite.