Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 129
मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव अमृतप्राशनावुभौ । यावल्लोका धरिष्यंति तावदेतौ धरिष्यतः
maindaśca dvividaścaiva amṛtaprāśanāvubhau | yāvallokā dhariṣyaṃti tāvadetau dhariṣyataḥ
ໄມນດະ ແລະ ດວິວິດະ—ທັງສອງເປັນຜູ້ດື່ມອະມຣິຕະ—ຈະດໍາລົງຢູ່ຕາມທີ່ໂລກທັງຫຼາຍຍັງດໍາລົງ; ນານເທົ່ານັ້ນທັງສອງນີ້ຈະຄົງຢູ່।
Brahmā to Nārada (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mainda and Dvivida, powerful vānaras, are depicted as radiant and robust, marked by the ‘amṛta’ motif—perhaps holding a symbolic vessel or shown with an unaging aura—standing among the vānaras as Rāma’s enduring allies.
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Devotion and divine service confer enduring fame and protection; those aligned with dharma are upheld for ages.
Ayodhyā—presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya as the sacred realm connected with Rāma and his divine retinue.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights the boon of longevity/continuance granted to Rāma’s allied vānaras.
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