Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
धान्यं तेषां प्रदत्तं हि विप्राणां चामितं वसु । कृतांजलिस्ततो रामो ब्राह्मणानिदमब्रवीत्
dhānyaṃ teṣāṃ pradattaṃ hi viprāṇāṃ cāmitaṃ vasu | kṛtāṃjalistato rāmo brāhmaṇānidamabravīt
അവർക്കു ധാന്യം നൽകി; വിപ്രന്മാർക്ക് അളവറ്റ ധനവും നൽകി. തുടർന്ന് രാമൻ കൃതാഞ്ജലിയോടെ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോട് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു.
Brahmā (contextual narrator in this dialogue section)
Listener: suta (son)
Scene: Rāma stands with folded hands before a line of brāhmaṇas; heaps of grain, cows, and cloth are arranged; the brāhmaṇas bless him as he begins to speak.
FAQs
True authority is joined with humility; giving sustenance and honoring the wise are central marks of righteous rule.
Dharmāraṇya is framed as a sacred domain where abundant provisioning supports continuous dharma and Vedic life.
Dhānya-dāna (gift of grain) and wealth-giving are described as dharmic acts supporting Brāhmaṇas.