ब्रह्मशापं तु सफलं कृत्वा स्वर्गं जगाम किम् । ततो भरत शत्रुघ्नौ चित्रकूटे समागतौ
brahmaśāpaṃ tu saphalaṃ kṛtvā svargaṃ jagāma kim | tato bharata śatrughnau citrakūṭe samāgatau
ब्राह्मणाच्या शापास फलप्राप्त करून तो स्वर्गास गेला. त्यानंतर भरत व शत्रुघ्न चित्रकूटास येऊन पोहोचले.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Citrakūṭa
Type: peak
Listener: A king addressed as 'rājan' (implied interlocutor)
Scene: A solemn meeting at Citrakūṭa: Bharata and Śatrughna arriving with attendants, the forested hill in the background, hermitage atmosphere, and the weight of news about the father’s passing.
Karmic consequences mature unfailingly; dharma narratives frame suffering as the ripening of prior causes.
Citrakūṭa is again marked as a significant sacred locale connected to Rāma and his family’s dharmic journey.
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