Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
कस्मिन्मार्गे वयं प्राप्ताः कस्मिन्प्राप्ता द्विजातयः । इति चिंतां परं प्राप्ता वासं तत्र त्वकारयन्
kasminmārge vayaṃ prāptāḥ kasminprāptā dvijātayaḥ | iti ciṃtāṃ paraṃ prāptā vāsaṃ tatra tvakārayan
«¿Por qué senda hemos llegado? ¿Por qué ruta hemos venido aquí nosotros, los dos veces nacidos?»—así, cayendo en honda zozobra, mandaron levantar allí una morada y permanecieron en ese lugar.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Vyāsa continuing the account)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas and merchants at a forest-crossroads, looking at diverging paths, some pointing, some anxious; they begin constructing a simple hutment/encampment under tall trees.
FAQs
Even the learned may become bewildered; steadiness and orderly conduct (establishing a safe residence) is a dhārmic response to confusion.
The broader Dharmāraṇya sacred region is being narrated; this verse sets the scene for how the locality becomes marked by events and names.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it describes taking shelter and establishing a dwelling.