Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
विप्रा ऊचुः । काजेशैः स्थापिताः पूर्वं धर्मराजेन धीमता । कृता चात्र शुभे स्थाने रामेण च ततः पुरी
viprā ūcuḥ | kājeśaiḥ sthāpitāḥ pūrvaṃ dharmarājena dhīmatā | kṛtā cātra śubhe sthāne rāmeṇa ca tataḥ purī
Les brāhmanes dirent : « Jadis, nous fûmes établis par Kājeśa, le sage Dharmarāja. Puis, en ce lieu de bon augure, Rāma fonda ici la cité. »
Brāhmaṇas (Viprāḥ)
Tirtha: Moheraka (śubha-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (king)
Scene: Brahmins narrate: they were once settled by Kājeśa, the wise Dharmarāja; later Rāma founded the city in this auspicious place—evoking a layered founding legend.
FAQs
Holy places and communities are sustained by dharmic founders; remembering origins strengthens collective dharma.
The verse implies the auspiciousness of the locale (Moheraka region) by linking it to Dharmarāja and Rāma’s founding activity.
None; it provides sacred-historical grounding (sthala-itihāsa).