Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
श्रीसूत उवाच । रामेण हि यथासेतुर्निबद्धो वरुणालये । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि युष्माकं मुनिपुंगवाः
śrīsūta uvāca | rāmeṇa hi yathāseturnibaddho varuṇālaye | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ
شری سوت نے کہا: جس طرح رام نے ورُن کے آشیان—سمندر میں—سیتو (پل) باندھا، وہ میں اب تمہیں پوری طرح سناؤں گا، اے برگزیدہ رشیو!
Sūta
Tirtha: Setubandha (Rāma-setu)
Type: kshetra
Listener: foremost sages
Scene: Sūta begins the narration: the vast ocean as Varuṇa’s palace, with Rāma’s army preparing the bridge; the narrator foregrounded, the mythic scene appearing like a vision behind him.
FAQs
Purāṇic narration sanctifies place through sacred history, making Setu a remembered dharma-landmark.
Setu in Varuṇa’s ocean—Rāma-setu as a divinely grounded tīrtha.
None; it is a narrative transition promising the detailed account.