Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16
धन्यः सोऽपि हि वाल्मीकिर्येन रामायणं कृतम् । कविना विप्रमुख्येभ्य आत्मबुद्ध्या ह्यनागतम्
dhanyaḥ so'pi hi vālmīkiryena rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtam | kavinā vipramukhyebhya ātmabuddhyā hyanāgatam
Blessed indeed is Vālmīki as well, by whom the Rāmāyaṇa was composed—by the poet, through his own inspired insight, even before it was fully known to the foremost of the learned.
A woman devotee (speaker not named in snippet)
Tirtha: Vālmīki-āśrama (conceptual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Vālmīki in an āśrama, composing the Rāmāyaṇa with luminous insight; disciples nearby; a subtle vision of Rāma’s story appearing as a divine panorama.
FAQs
Sacred history is preserved through divinely guided insight; honoring the seer-poet is part of honoring dharma itself.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the author and the sacred epic.
None; it is eulogistic, praising composition and transmission of dharmic narrative.