Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
विप्रा ऊचुः । यदि तुष्टोऽसि देवेश रामाज्ञापालक प्रभो । स्वरूपं दर्शयस्वाद्य लंकायां यत्कृतं हरे
viprā ūcuḥ | yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa rāmājñāpālaka prabho | svarūpaṃ darśayasvādya laṃkāyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ hare
Les brāhmaṇas dirent : « Si tu es satisfait, ô Seigneur des dieux—ô maître qui as accompli l’ordre de Rāma—montre-nous aujourd’hui cette forme même, ô Hari, par laquelle l’acte à Laṅkā fut accompli. »
Viprāḥ (the brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Laṅkā (itihāsa-smṛti kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (speaking to Hanumān)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas petition Hanumān: ‘Show the very form by which the Laṅkā deed was done’—evoking the heroic, expansive, mission-ready Hanumān of Sundarakāṇḍa.
FAQs
Devotion seeks not only gifts but direct darśana—seeing the divine reality behind sacred deeds.
Laṅkā is referenced as the mythic-sacred geography of Hanumān’s exploit, though the Dharmāraṇya setting remains the narrative locus.
No formal rite is prescribed; it is a boon-request for darśana (vision) of the deity’s svarūpa.