Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41
स्थित्वा त्रिरात्रं ते विप्रा गमने कृतबुद्धयः । रात्रौ हनुमतोऽग्रे त इदमूचुः सुभक्तितः
sthitvā trirātraṃ te viprā gamane kṛtabuddhayaḥ | rātrau hanumato'gre ta idamūcuḥ subhaktitaḥ
Après être demeurés trois nuits, ces brāhmaṇas résolurent de partir. Puis, la nuit venue, se tenant devant Hanumān, ils dirent ces paroles avec une profonde dévotion.
Narrator (contextual; later explicitly Vyāsa)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: O King (rājan) implied by vocative in adjacent narration
Scene: Night in a forest shrine: brāhmaṇas with lamps stand before Hanumān, hands folded, faces earnest; the sense of concluding a vow after three nights.
FAQs
Gratitude and bhakti toward the protector-deity are integral to righteous travel and religious life.
Dharmāraṇya remains the sacred landscape framing the episode.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on devotional address (prārthanā) to Hanumān.