Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59
प्रययौ मंत्रिभिः सार्धं स्वां पुरीं तदनंतरम् । धर्मेण पालयामास राज्यं निहतकण्टकम्
prayayau maṃtribhiḥ sārdhaṃ svāṃ purīṃ tadanaṃtaram | dharmeṇa pālayāmāsa rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam
Après cela, il se rendit avec ses ministres dans sa propre cité. Il gouverna le royaume selon le dharma, les épines et les troubles en étant ôtés.
Narrator
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: Dharmagupta returns with ministers to the fortified city; he sits in court dispensing justice, symbolically uprooting ‘thorns’—bandits and corrupt officials—restoring peace.
FAQs
Sacred travel should culminate in righteous living—especially for rulers, whose devotion must express itself as dharmic governance.
Indirectly the Setu pilgrimage is upheld, since the narrative presents dharmic kingship as a consequence of Setu worship and observances.
No specific rite; the prescription is ethical: protecting and ruling the kingdom in accordance with dharma.