Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
पथिकानां वचः श्रुत्वा हर्षपूर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । शांतिपाठं पठन्तस्ते हृष्टा निजगृहान्ययुः
pathikānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā harṣapūrṇā dvijottamāḥ | śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhantaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ
مسافروں کی باتیں سن کر بہترین دِوِج خوشی سے بھر گئے۔ وہ شانتِی پاٹھ پڑھتے ہوئے مسرّت کے ساتھ اپنے اپنے گھروں کو روانہ ہو گئے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas, joyful, chant śānti-pāṭha with raised palms or holding darbha; the travellers listen; then the brāhmaṇas depart toward their homes in orderly lines.
FAQs
Joy and peace arise when sacred counsel is heard and peace-invocations are recited with devotion.
Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred locale where śānti recitation accompanies the pilgrims’ movement.
Recitation of the Śānti-pāṭha as an auspicious concluding act before departure.