Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
युक्ताश्चैव सुरैः सर्वैः स्वस्वस्थाने नृपोत्तम । वनमध्ये स्थिताः सर्वा द्विजानां रक्षणाय वै
yuktāścaiva suraiḥ sarvaiḥ svasvasthāne nṛpottama | vanamadhye sthitāḥ sarvā dvijānāṃ rakṣaṇāya vai
ഹേ നൃപോത്തമാ! സർവ്വദേവന്മാർ യഥാവിധി നിയോഗിച്ച അവർ എല്ലാവരും വനത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യേ തത്തത് സ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടു—നിശ്ചയമായും ദ്വിജന്മാരുടെ രക്ഷയ്ക്കായി.
Deductive (Dharmāraṇya narrative frame): Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpoत्तम / mahārāja (king addressed)
Scene: Within a dense sacred forest, divine beings assign stationed guardians at distinct points—clearings, paths, and hermitages—forming a protective ring around brāhmaṇa āśramas.
FAQs
Dharma is safeguarded when divine order and rightful placement (svadharma in svasthāna) protect the sanctity of the brāhmaṇas and sacred spaces.
Dharmāraṇya—the sanctified forest region praised for being divinely protected as a seat of dharma.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes divine guardianship established for protection.