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
سب کے دل پریشان ہو گئے اور وہ اِدھر اُدھر دوڑتے پھرے۔ کچھ لوگ مقدّس دھرماآرنیا میں گئے، اور وہاں وہ برہمن (دویج) دکھائی دیے۔
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.