Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27
तद्रुद्धं कंटकैर्वृक्षैः सिंहव्याघ्रसमाकुलैः । संचिक्रीडुः कुमाराश्च यस्यां भूमौ निरंतरम्
tadruddhaṃ kaṃṭakairvṛkṣaiḥ siṃhavyāghrasamākulaiḥ | saṃcikrīḍuḥ kumārāśca yasyāṃ bhūmau niraṃtaram
அந்த இடம் முள்ளுள்ள மரங்களால் அடைக்கப்பட்டு சிங்கம்‑புலிகளால் நிரம்பியிருந்தது; ஆயினும் அந்த நிலத்தில் சிறுவர்கள் இடையறாது விளையாடித் திரிந்தனர்।
Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (contextual description to Rāma)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A thorn-choked forest clearing with lions and tigers at the edges, while boys play unafraid in the center, suggesting an unseen protective aura of the kṣetra.
FAQs
When dharma-centered habitation declines, even a once-protected sacred region can appear overrun by hardship—prompting renewal and protection of sacred space.
Dharmāraṇya (the ‘Forest of Dharma’) within the Brāhma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa context.
None explicitly; the verse is descriptive, setting the scene for later dharmic action.