Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
गुल्मैराच्छाद्य चात्मानं रामस्यादर्शने स्थिता । मुहुर्मुहुर्यदा रामः सीतासीतामभाषत
gulmairācchādya cātmānaṃ rāmasyādarśane sthitā | muhurmuhuryadā rāmaḥ sītāsītāmabhāṣata
झुडपांच्या आड स्वतःला लपवून ती रामाच्या नजरेआड उभी राहिली. तेव्हा राम वारंवार हाक मारू लागला—“सीते! सीते!”
Narrator (contextual; likely Īśvara/Śiva in this adhyāya’s framing)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sītā hides among bushes within a grove; Rāma, concerned, repeatedly calls her name. The sacred grove frames a tender, anxious moment against the backdrop of impending śrāddha hospitality.
FAQs
Ritual moments demand attentiveness and coordination; neglect can disturb the sanctity of dharmic acts.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this episode is narrated.
No new rite is prescribed here; the verse supports the śrāddha narrative context.