Shloka 25
पञ्चवटी-निवासः
Settlement at Pañcavaṭī and Construction of the Hermitage
ततः पुष्पबलिं कृत्वा शान्तिं च स यथाविधि।दर्शयामास रामाय तदाश्रमपदं कृतम्।।।।
tataḥ puṣpa-baliṃ kṛtvā śāntiṃ ca sa yathā-vidhi |
darśayāmāsa rāmāya tad-āśrama-padaṃ kṛtam || 3.15.25 ||
അതിനുശേഷം അദ്ദേഹം വിധിപ്രകാരം പുഷ്പബലി അർപ്പിച്ച് ശാന്തികർമ്മം നിർവഹിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഒരുക്കിയിരുന്ന ആ ആശ്രമസ്ഥാനത്തെ രാമനു കാണിച്ചു.
Lakshmana offered oblation of flowers, invoked peace as per tradition (before occupying a newly made home) and showed Rama the cottage he had built.
FAQs
Dharma as yathāvidhi (acting by rightful procedure): auspicious rites acknowledge cosmic and social order before occupying a residence.
Lakṣmaṇa completes customary offerings and peace-invocation, then presents the finished hermitage to Rāma.
Reverence and correctness—Lakṣmaṇa combines practical labor with proper ritual responsibility.