Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अथाऽवलोकयामास स्वप्ने दशरथं नृपम् । यद्वत्पूर्वं प्रियाऽलापसंसक्तं हृष्टमानसम्
athā'valokayāmāsa svapne daśarathaṃ nṛpam | yadvatpūrvaṃ priyā'lāpasaṃsaktaṃ hṛṣṭamānasam
പിന്നീട് സ്വപ്നത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം രാജാവ് ദശരഥനെ കണ്ടു—മുന്പത്തെപ്പോലെ—സ്നേഹസംഭാഷണത്തിൽ ലീനനായി, ഹർഷഭരിതചിത്തനായി।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In sleep, Rāma beholds Daśaratha as in former days—radiant, joyful, engaged in affectionate speech; the dream-space glows softly, distinct from the forest night.
FAQs
Dream-visions can function as dharmic संकेत (omens), pointing the devotee toward ancestral duties and tīrtha-based merit.
Pitṛkūpikā is the implied tīrtha context in which the pitṛ-related dream occurs.
Not explicit here; the dream sets up the interpretation that leads toward śrāddha-related action.