Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
पथिकानां वचः श्रुत्वा हर्षपूर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । शांतिपाठं पठन्तस्ते हृष्टा निजगृहान्ययुः
pathikānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā harṣapūrṇā dvijottamāḥ | śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhantaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ
ពេលស្តាប់ពាក្យរបស់អ្នកធ្វើដំណើរ ព្រះទ្វិជាអ្នកប្រសើរទាំងឡាយក៏ពេញដោយអំណរ។ ពួកគេបានសូត្រ «សាន្តិ-បាថ» ហើយចាកទៅផ្ទះរបស់ខ្លួនដោយសេចក្តីរីករាយ។
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas, joyful, chant śānti-pāṭha with raised palms or holding darbha; the travellers listen; then the brāhmaṇas depart toward their homes in orderly lines.
FAQs
Joy and peace arise when sacred counsel is heard and peace-invocations are recited with devotion.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred locale where śānti recitation accompanies the pilgrims’ movement.
Recitation of the Śānti-pāṭha as an auspicious concluding act before departure.