Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामो गन्तुकामो दिवालयम् । चिन्तयामास भूयोऽपि स्मृत्वा मित्रं विभीषणम्
evamuktvā tato rāmo gantukāmo divālayam | cintayāmāsa bhūyo'pi smṛtvā mitraṃ vibhīṣaṇam
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം, ദേവാലയത്തിലേക്ക് പോകാൻ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച ശ്രീരാമൻ വീണ്ടും തന്റെ സുഹൃത്ത് വിഭീഷണനെ സ്മരിച്ചു ചിന്തിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Listener: (contextual) māhātmya listener
Scene: Rāma, poised to depart heavenward, pauses in contemplation, recalling Vibhīṣaṇa; a liminal moment between palace and cosmic path.
FAQs
Even at the moment of departure, the righteous remember their obligations—gratitude and responsibility are part of dharma.
This verse is narrative setup within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single śloka.
No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.