Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
दृष्टवान्वानरं तत्र कंचिद्दशरथात्मजः । वानरेणाथ पृष्टोऽयं को भवानिति राघवः
dṛṣṭavānvānaraṃ tatra kaṃciddaśarathātmajaḥ | vānareṇātha pṛṣṭo'yaṃ ko bhavāniti rāghavaḥ
ત્યાં દશરથનંદન શ્રીરામે એક વાનરને જોયો. ત્યારે તે વાનરે રાઘવને પૂછ્યું— “ભવાન કોણ છો?”
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Rāma (with Lakṣmaṇa) beholds a solitary vānarā in disguise/alert posture; the vānarā steps forward and questions Rāma’s identity; forested hill backdrop, sense of poised diplomacy.
FAQs
Dharma begins with right inquiry—identity and intention are clarified before friendship or alliance is formed.
The larger context is Setukhaṇḍa, oriented to Setu/Rāmeśvaram; this verse itself sets up the episode rather than praising a specific tirtha directly.
None in this verse.
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