Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 18
नरपतिरिति लोकैः स्मर्यते वैष्णवांशः स्वयमसि रमणीयैस्त्वं गुणैर्विष्णुरेव । किमपि भुवनकार्यं यद्विचिंत्यावतीर्य तदिह घटयतस्ते वत्स निर्विघ्नमस्तु
narapatiriti lokaiḥ smaryate vaiṣṇavāṃśaḥ svayamasi ramaṇīyaistvaṃ guṇairviṣṇureva | kimapi bhuvanakāryaṃ yadviciṃtyāvatīrya tadiha ghaṭayataste vatsa nirvighnamastu
लोक तुला वैष्णवांश नरपति म्हणून स्मरतात; तुझे रमणीय गुण पाहता तू स्वयं विष्णूच आहेस। जगत्कल्याणासाठी जे कार्य तू विचार करून अवतार घेऊन साध्य करीत आहेस, हे वत्सा, ते येथे निर्विघ्न पूर्ण होवो।
Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra Adhidevatā (the presiding deity of Dharmāraṇya)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deity or sacred presence blesses Rāma, praised as a Viṣṇu-portion/Viṣṇu himself by virtue, and grants a boon of obstacle-free success for a world-welfare mission.
FAQs
The avatāra’s worldly action is sacred service for loka-kalyāṇa, and blessings support dharmic completion without hindrance.
Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra, where the kṣetra-devatā welcomes and blesses Rāma’s mission.
No direct rite is prescribed; the verse gives an āśīrvāda (benediction) for nirvighna-kārya-siddhi.