Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17
स्वमुद्राचिह्नितं तत्र त्रैविद्येभ्यस्तथा ददौ । चतुश्चत्वारिंशवर्षो रामो दशरथात्मजः
svamudrācihnitaṃ tatra traividyebhyastathā dadau | catuścatvāriṃśavarṣo rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ
وہاں اس نے اپنی مہر سے نشان زدہ کر کے اسے تین ویدوں کے عالموں کے سپرد کیا۔ دشرَتھ کے فرزند رام کی عمر اُس وقت چوالیس برس تھی۔
Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (context speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma, mature and regal, presses his seal upon a palm-leaf charter and ceremonially hands it to three Vedic ācāryas; the teachers receive it with añjali, surrounded by ritual fire and witnesses.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved by entrusting sacred decrees to qualified Vedic custodians and establishing legitimacy through proper authentication.
The Dharmāraṇya sacred region is reinforced as a place where dharma is formally instituted and safeguarded by learned Brahmins.
Implied dharmic protocol: sealing/authenticating an ordinance and formally handing it to traividya Brahmins for preservation.