Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77
विभ्रांतचेतसः सर्वे इतश्चेतश्च धाविताः । धर्मारण्ये गताः केचित्तत्र दृष्टा द्विजा तयः
vibhrāṃtacetasaḥ sarve itaścetaśca dhāvitāḥ | dharmāraṇye gatāḥ kecittatra dṛṣṭā dvijā tayaḥ
அனைவரின் மனமும் கலங்கி இங்கும் அங்கும் ஓடினர். சிலர் தர்மாரண்யம் சென்றனர்; அங்கே அந்தப் பிராமணர்கள் காணப்பட்டனர்.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic framing; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (King)
Scene: A frightened crowd runs in different directions; some enter a sacred forest marked by ancient trees and hermitage signs; within, calm brāhmaṇas appear, contrasting panic with ritual serenity.
FAQs
In crisis and confusion, turning toward a dharmic sacred space (Dharmāraṇya) becomes a refuge where guidance is found.
Dharmāraṇya—the holy forest celebrated as a protective and dharma-sustaining sacred geography.
No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the narrative movement toward the sacred forest.