Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48
एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामः प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना । देवानामथ वापीश्च प्राकारांस्तु सुशोभनान्
evamuktvā tato rāmaḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā | devānāmatha vāpīśca prākārāṃstu suśobhanān
یوں کہہ کر رام اپنے باطن میں مسرور ہوا؛ پھر اس نے دیوتاؤں کے لیے آستانے، اور واپیاں (سیڑھی دار کنویں)، اور نہایت خوبصورت فصیلیں قائم کیں۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma, joyful within, oversees the establishment of deity shrines, stepwells, and ornate enclosing walls in a sacred forest-kshetra; artisans and priests collaborate.
FAQs
Dharmic leadership expresses itself through building sacred and public-benefit works—shrines, water sources, and protective enclosures.
Dharmāraṇya, presented as a sanctified landscape enhanced by sacred construction.
Not a specific rite; it highlights dharmic acts of construction—arranging shrines, waterworks (vāpīs), and prākāras.