Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 140
रावणो ब्रह्मपुत्रो यस्त्रैलोक्यं यस्य शङ्कते । हतः स रामचन्द्रेण सपुत्रः सहबान्धवः
rāvaṇo brahmaputro yastrailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate | hataḥ sa rāmacandreṇa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ
रावणो ब्रह्मपुत्र इति ख्यातः, यस्मात् त्रैलोक्यं शङ्कते स्म; स रामचन्द्रेण सपुत्रः सहबान्धवश्च निहतः।
Narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (deductive; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: Rāmacandra stands poised with bow, the fallen Rāvaṇa with his retinue defeated; the three worlds symbolically relieved—gods witnessing from the sky.
FAQs
Even the mightiest, feared across the worlds, falls before dharma upheld by the righteous; divine justice prevails.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a laudatory narrative statement.
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