Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35
एवंविधं निवासं मे विद्धि राम नृपोत्तम । शून्यं तु सर्वतो यस्मान्निवासाय द्विजा गताः
evaṃvidhaṃ nivāsaṃ me viddhi rāma nṛpottama | śūnyaṃ tu sarvato yasmānnivāsāya dvijā gatāḥ
ഓ രാമാ, നൃപോത്തമാ, എന്റെ വാസസ്ഥലം ഇത്തരമാണെന്ന് അറിക; ദ്വിജന്മാർ മറ്റിടത്ത് വാസത്തിനായി പോയതിനാൽ ഇത് എല്ലാടവും ശൂന്യമായി.
Unspecified petitioner/narrator addressing Rāma (self-referential: 'my dwelling')
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rāma
Scene: A forlorn hermitage courtyard: empty huts, cold hearth, overgrown paths. The speaker addresses Rāma with folded hands, indicating the deserted dwellings and the absence of brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
The well-being of sacred places depends on the protection of dharmic communities; rulers are urged to prevent decline and restore stability.
Dharmāraṇya, described as a former dvija residence now lying deserted.
None directly; the verse frames a plea connected with restoring a dharmic habitation.