Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29
धर्मालये गतः सद्यो यत्र माला कमंडलुः । पुरा धर्मेण सुमहत्कृतं यत्र तपो मुने
dharmālaye gataḥ sadyo yatra mālā kamaṃḍaluḥ | purā dharmeṇa sumahatkṛtaṃ yatra tapo mune
پھر وہ فوراً دھرم آلیہ پہنچا—جہاں مالا اور کمندلو مقدس سمجھے جاتے ہیں؛ اے منی، جہاں قدیم زمانے میں خود دھرم نے عظیم تپسیا کی تھی۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Dharmālaya
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (addressed as 'O sage')
Scene: A quiet hermitage-kshetra called Dharmālaya: a revered garland and kamaṇḍalu displayed or enshrined; the atmosphere suggests Dharma’s ancient austerities lingering in the grove.
FAQs
A place becomes a tīrtha through tapas and the presence of dharma—ascetic symbols and remembered austerities sanctify the landscape.
Dharmālaya, explicitly named as a sacred destination within Dharmāraṇya.
No explicit prescription; it highlights tapas as the sanctifying act and signals Dharmālaya as a pilgrimage site.