Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
त्वयि चित्तेन दत्तेन स राजा पुण्यभाग्भवेत् । प्रत्यये दर्शिते वीर शासनं पालयिष्यति
tvayi cittena dattena sa rājā puṇyabhāgbhavet | pratyaye darśite vīra śāsanaṃ pālayiṣyati
“اگر اس بادشاہ کا دل تیری طرف سپرد ہو جائے تو وہ بھی پُنّیہ کا حصہ دار بنے گا۔ اے بہادر! جب یقین دلانے والی دلیل دکھا دی جائے گی تو وہ دھرم کے شاسن کی پابندی کرے گا۔”
Viprāḥ (the brāhmaṇas)
Listener: brāhmaṇas (speaking; anticipating outcome)
Scene: A hopeful turn: the brāhmaṇas foresee that if the king’s mind is offered to Hanumān (and by extension Rāma/dharma), he will share in merit and uphold injunctions once proof is shown.
FAQs
Devotion reforms authority: a ruler aligned in mind with the divine becomes worthy of puṇya and upholds dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
No explicit ritual; it emphasizes inner offering—citta-samarpaṇa (dedicating the mind).