Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
मन्नाम्ना च पुरं तत्र स्थाप्यतां शीघ्रमेव च । सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा तथा चक्रे नृपोत्तमः
mannāmnā ca puraṃ tatra sthāpyatāṃ śīghrameva ca | sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā tathā cakre nṛpottamaḥ
«Y que allí se funde pronto una ciudad que lleve mi nombre.» Al oír las palabras de Sītā, el mejor de los reyes obró en consecuencia.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Sītāpura (as named here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sītā requests the founding of a city bearing her name; Rāma, attentive and decisive, signals ministers/architects to begin immediate establishment.
FAQs
Holy places are sustained not only by austerity but also by dhārmic governance—establishing a righteous settlement becomes an act of merit.
The city to be founded “in Sītā’s name,” later identified as Sītāpura (Sītāpuram).
No specific rite; it prescribes sthāna-sthāpanā—founding a city/settlement connected with dharma.