Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
अथ राजाऽभवद्रामः सार्वभौमस्ततः परम् । रावणो येन दुर्धर्षो निहतो देवकंटकः
atha rājā'bhavadrāmaḥ sārvabhaumastataḥ param | rāvaṇo yena durdharṣo nihato devakaṃṭakaḥ
അതിനുശേഷം രാമൻ സർവ്വഭൗമ ചക്രവർത്തിയായി രാജാവായി. ദേവന്മാർക്ക് കണ്ഠകമായ ദുർധർഷ രാവണനെ അവൻ വധിച്ചു.
Narrator of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter-context: Rājasvāmi and Rājavāpī within its māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma enthroned as sārvabhauma cakravartin; behind him the memory of Laṅkā’s fall—Rāvaṇa as the defeated ‘devakaṇṭaka’; devas witnessing relief.
FAQs
Dharma ultimately prevails: the righteous ruler protects the world and removes the ‘thorn’ that afflicts gods and beings.
The verse belongs to the Adhyāya 98 tīrtha māhātmya narrative arc; this line itself does not identify the tīrtha.
None; it concludes the genealogy/result section with Rāma’s kingship and Rāvaṇa’s defeat.