Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 129
मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव अमृतप्राशनावुभौ । यावल्लोका धरिष्यंति तावदेतौ धरिष्यतः
maindaśca dvividaścaiva amṛtaprāśanāvubhau | yāvallokā dhariṣyaṃti tāvadetau dhariṣyataḥ
مَیند اور دْوِوِد—دونوں امرت پینے والے—جتنی دیر تک دنیا قائم رہے گی، اتنی ہی دیر تک قائم رہیں گے؛ یہ دونوں اسی مدت تک باقی رہیں گے۔
Brahmā to Nārada (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mainda and Dvivida, powerful vānaras, are depicted as radiant and robust, marked by the ‘amṛta’ motif—perhaps holding a symbolic vessel or shown with an unaging aura—standing among the vānaras as Rāma’s enduring allies.
FAQs
Devotion and divine service confer enduring fame and protection; those aligned with dharma are upheld for ages.
Ayodhyā—presented in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya as the sacred realm connected with Rāma and his divine retinue.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights the boon of longevity/continuance granted to Rāma’s allied vānaras.