Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37
मंडलेषु च ये शुद्धा वणिग्वृत्तिरताः पराः । सपादलक्षास्ते दत्ता रामशासनपालकाः
maṃḍaleṣu ca ye śuddhā vaṇigvṛttiratāḥ parāḥ | sapādalakṣāste dattā rāmaśāsanapālakāḥ
また諸地方において清らかで、商人の務めに励む優れた者たちがいた。彼らは一ラクシャと四分の一（十二万五千）任じられ、ラーマの法令を守り支える者となった。
Narrator (administrative-dharmic description under Rāma’s rule; speaker not explicit)
Scene: Provincial circles (mandalas) with orderly marketplaces; a roster of appointed merchant-stewards (one and a quarter lakhs) receiving insignia/charters to uphold Rāma’s ordinance.
FAQs
Social order becomes dharmic when upright communities fulfill their vocations and uphold righteous governance.
No specific tīrtha is cited; the verse continues the Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya narrative about dharmic order.
No ritual is prescribed; it describes appointment/authorization of upright merchant-groups to uphold Rāma’s edicts.