Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
कस्मिन्मार्गे वयं प्राप्ताः कस्मिन्प्राप्ता द्विजातयः । इति चिंतां परं प्राप्ता वासं तत्र त्वकारयन्
kasminmārge vayaṃ prāptāḥ kasminprāptā dvijātayaḥ | iti ciṃtāṃ paraṃ prāptā vāsaṃ tatra tvakārayan
“നാം ഏത് മാർഗ്ഗത്തിലൂടെയാണ് ഇവിടെ എത്തിയത്? ദ്വിജന്മാരായ നാം ഏത് വഴിയിലൂടെ വന്നു?”—ഇങ്ങനെ ഗാഢചിന്തയിൽ പതിഞ്ഞ് അവർ അവിടെ തന്നെ വാസസ്ഥലം പണിയിച്ചു ആ സ്ഥലത്ത് തന്നെ പാർത്തു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Vyāsa continuing the account)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas and merchants at a forest-crossroads, looking at diverging paths, some pointing, some anxious; they begin constructing a simple hutment/encampment under tall trees.
FAQs
Even the learned may become bewildered; steadiness and orderly conduct (establishing a safe residence) is a dhārmic response to confusion.
The broader Dharmāraṇya sacred region is being narrated; this verse sets the scene for how the locality becomes marked by events and names.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it describes taking shelter and establishing a dwelling.