Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31
यदा तु वृत्तिं ग्रामांश्च वणिजानां बलिं तथा । पूर्वं स्थितं तु यत्किंचित्तत्तद्दास्यति वाडवाः
yadā tu vṛttiṃ grāmāṃśca vaṇijānāṃ baliṃ tathā | pūrvaṃ sthitaṃ tu yatkiṃcittattaddāsyati vāḍavāḥ
แต่เมื่อใด (พระราชา) ประทานเบี้ยเลี้ยงชีพ หมู่บ้าน และบรรณาการตามจารีตจากพ่อค้า—สิ่งใดที่กำหนดไว้แต่ก่อน โอ วาฑวาห์ ก็จักประทานสิ่งนั้นโดยตรงตามเดิม
Hanumān (deduced)
Listener: Vāḍavāḥ (addressed group)
Scene: A calm court scene: scribes and ministers present records of villages and dues; the king agrees to restore the earlier fixed livelihood to merchants/beneficiaries; the atmosphere shifts from threat to settlement.
FAQs
Righteous governance preserves social order by honoring established obligations and fair dues.
The immediate verse is administrative in tone, within the Dharmāraṇya narrative that culminates in Rāmatīrtha’s merit.
No direct ritual is stated; the prescription is dhārmic conduct—granting vṛtti, villages, and fair merchant dues as formerly established.