Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
श्रीराम उवाच । का त्वं शुभे कस्य परिग्रहो वा केनावधूता विजने निरस्ता । मुष्टं धनं केन च तावकीनमाचक्ष्व मातः सकलं ममाग्रे
śrīrāma uvāca | kā tvaṃ śubhe kasya parigraho vā kenāvadhūtā vijane nirastā | muṣṭaṃ dhanaṃ kena ca tāvakīnamācakṣva mātaḥ sakalaṃ mamāgre
श्रीराम उवाच—हे शुभे, त्वं का? कस्य वा परिग्रहः? केन त्वं विजनेऽस्मिन् निरस्ता अवधूता च? केन च तव मुष्टिमात्रं धनं हृतम्? मातः, सर्वं ममाग्रे यथावत् आचक्ष्व।
Śrī Rāma
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma in forest attire stands before an auspicious yet distressed woman in a lonely woodland; his posture is gentle, questioning, protective; sparse trees, hermitage-path, subdued light.
FAQs
Dharma begins with compassionate inquiry and protection of the distressed, treating the vulnerable with reverence (“mātaḥ”).
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context.
None is stated in this verse; it is a moral-dialogue passage.