Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16
धन्यः सोऽपि हि वाल्मीकिर्येन रामायणं कृतम् । कविना विप्रमुख्येभ्य आत्मबुद्ध्या ह्यनागतम्
dhanyaḥ so'pi hi vālmīkiryena rāmāyaṇaṃ kṛtam | kavinā vipramukhyebhya ātmabuddhyā hyanāgatam
वाल्मीकीही खरोखर धन्य आहेत, ज्यांनी रामायण रचले; त्या कविने आपल्या अंतःप्रेरित बुद्धीने ते निर्माण केले, जे त्या वेळी श्रेष्ठ विप्रांनाही पूर्णतः ज्ञात नव्हते।
A woman devotee (speaker not named in snippet)
Tirtha: Vālmīki-āśrama (conceptual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sage Vālmīki in an āśrama, composing the Rāmāyaṇa with luminous insight; disciples nearby; a subtle vision of Rāma’s story appearing as a divine panorama.
FAQs
Sacred history is preserved through divinely guided insight; honoring the seer-poet is part of honoring dharma itself.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies the author and the sacred epic.
None; it is eulogistic, praising composition and transmission of dharmic narrative.