Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कीदृशं शासनं ब्रह्मन्रामेण लिखितं पुरा । कथयस्व प्रसादेन त्रेतायां सत्यमंदिरे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kīdṛśaṃ śāsanaṃ brahmanrāmeṇa likhitaṃ purā | kathayasva prasādena tretāyāṃ satyamaṃdire
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ ബ്രഹ്മൻ, രാമൻ പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് ഏതു തരത്തിലുള്ള ശാസനം എഴുതിയിരുന്നു? കൃപചെയ്ത് പറയുക—ത്രേതായുഗത്തിൽ സത്യമന്ദിരത്തിൽ (പ്രഖ്യാപിത) അതിനെ.”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Satyamandira
Type: temple
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions Vyāsa about an ancient inscription/edict authored by Rāma at Satyamandira in Tretā-yuga; a stone/copperplate charter is shown between them, with sacred architecture hinted in the background.
FAQs
Dharmic governance leaves sacred records (śāsana) that preserve tīrtha-institutions and guide later generations.
Satyamandira within the Dharmāraṇya setting is referenced as the locus of Rāma’s edict in Tretāyuga.
No direct ritual; it introduces an inquiry into a śāsana (edict) connected to maintaining dharma in a sacred place.