Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94
रामराम महाभाग जानकीरमण प्रभो । सौमित्रे जानकि शुभे हे सुग्रीव मुखास्तथा
rāmarāma mahābhāga jānakīramaṇa prabho | saumitre jānaki śubhe he sugrīva mukhāstathā
राम राम, हे महाभाग प्रभो, हे जानकीरमणा! हे सौमित्रे (लक्ष्मणा)! हे शुभे जानकी! आणि वाणीश्रेष्ठ सुग्रीवा—ऐक।
Rāmanātha (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of phalaśruti and ‘Rāmanātho’ in the following verse)
Tirtha: Rāmasetu / Setubandha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred assembly at Setu: the speaker calls out to Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā, and Sugrīva, inviting them to hear a hymn; oceanic horizon and the line of the Setu implied.
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Devotion begins with reverent invocation—calling upon Rāma and his companions as sacred witnesses to the hymn’s merit.
Rāmasetu/Rāmeśvaram (Setukhaṇḍa context), associated with Rāmanātha (Śiva).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it functions as an invocation introducing the hymn and its ensuing merit.