Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
त्वयि चित्तेन दत्तेन स राजा पुण्यभाग्भवेत् । प्रत्यये दर्शिते वीर शासनं पालयिष्यति
tvayi cittena dattena sa rājā puṇyabhāgbhavet | pratyaye darśite vīra śāsanaṃ pālayiṣyati
“त्वयि चित्तं दत्तं चेत् स राजा पुण्यभाग् भवेत्। प्रत्यये दर्शिते, हे वीर, स धर्मशासनं पालयिष्यति।”
Viprāḥ (the brāhmaṇas)
Listener: brāhmaṇas (speaking; anticipating outcome)
Scene: A hopeful turn: the brāhmaṇas foresee that if the king’s mind is offered to Hanumān (and by extension Rāma/dharma), he will share in merit and uphold injunctions once proof is shown.
FAQs
Devotion reforms authority: a ruler aligned in mind with the divine becomes worthy of puṇya and upholds dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
No explicit ritual; it emphasizes inner offering—citta-samarpaṇa (dedicating the mind).
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