Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
दृष्टवान्वानरं तत्र कंचिद्दशरथात्मजः । वानरेणाथ पृष्टोऽयं को भवानिति राघवः
dṛṣṭavānvānaraṃ tatra kaṃciddaśarathātmajaḥ | vānareṇātha pṛṣṭo'yaṃ ko bhavāniti rāghavaḥ
അവിടെ ദശരഥനന്ദനനായ ശ്രീരാമൻ ഒരു വാനരനെ കണ്ടു. അപ്പോൾ ആ വാനരൻ രാഘവനോടു ചോദിച്ചു— “ഭവാൻ ആരാണ്?”
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Rāma (with Lakṣmaṇa) beholds a solitary vānarā in disguise/alert posture; the vānarā steps forward and questions Rāma’s identity; forested hill backdrop, sense of poised diplomacy.
FAQs
Dharma begins with right inquiry—identity and intention are clarified before friendship or alliance is formed.
The larger context is Setukhaṇḍa, oriented to Setu/Rāmeśvaram; this verse itself sets up the episode rather than praising a specific tirtha directly.
None in this verse.