Skandapurana 3.1.52.1.3

3.1.52.1.3

indrādisarvalokānāṃ sālokyādipradaṃ tathā ..
caṃdrasūryoparāge ca tathaivārddhodaye dvijāḥ .. 3.1.52.30 ..
mahodaye dhanuṣkoṭau majjanaṃ tvatiniścitam ..
rāvaṇasya vināśārthaṃ purā rāmeṇa nirmi tam .. 31 ..
siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvakinnaroragasevitam ..
brahmadevarṣirājarṣipitṛsaṃghaniṣevitam .. 32 ..
brahmādidevatāvṛṃdaissevitaṃ bhaktipūrvakam ..
puṇyaṃ yo rāmasetuṃ vai saṃsmaranpuruṣo dvijāḥ .. 33 ..
snāyācca yatra kutrāpi taṭākādau jalāśaye ..
na tasya duṣkṛtaṃ kiṃcidbhaviṣyati kadācana .. 34 ..
setumadhyasthatīrtheṣu muṣṭimātrapradānataḥ ..
naśyaṃti sakalā rogā bhrūṇahatyādayastathā .. 35 ..
rāmeṇa dhanuṣaḥ puṇyāṃ yo rekhāṃ paśyate kṛtām ..
na tasya punarāvṛttirvaikuṃṭhātsyātkadācana .. 36 ..
dhanuṣkoṭiriti khyātā yā loke pāpanāśinī ..
vibhīṣaṇaprārthanayā kṛtā rāmeṇa dhīmatā .. .. 37 ..
dhanuṣkoṭirmahāpuṇyā tasyāṃ snātvā sabhaktikam ..
dadyāddānāni vittānāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ ca gavāṃ tathā ..38..
tilānāṃ taṃḍulānāṃ ca dhānyānāṃ payasāṃ tathā ..
vastrāṇāṃ bhūṣaṇānāṃ ca māṣāṇāmodanasya ca..39..
dadhnāṃ ghṛtānāṃ vārīṇāṃ śākānāmapyudaśvitām ..
śuddhānāṃ śarkarāṇāṃ ca sasyānāṃ madhunāṃ tathā .. 3.1.52.40 ..
modakānāmapūpānāmanyeṣāṃ dānamevaca ..
rāmasetau dvijāḥ proktaṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakam .. 41 ..
ato dadyādrāmasetau vittalobha vivarjitaḥ ..
dattaṃ hutaṃ ca taptaṃ ca japaśca niyamādikam .. 42 ..
śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭāvanaṃtaphaladaṃ bhavet ..
tena vedāśca tuṣyaṃti tuṣyaṃti pitarastathā .. .. 43 ..
tuṣyaṃti munayaḥ sarve brahmāviṣṇuḥ śivastathā ..

Likewise, it grants dwelling in the same world as Indra and all the other worlds. / During an eclipse of the moon or sun, and likewise at the Ardhodaya yoga, O twice-born, // or at the Mahodaya yoga, immersion at Dhanuṣkoṭi is most decisive. / In ancient times, it was constructed by Rāma for the destruction of Rāvaṇa; // it is resorted to by Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras, and serpents, / and attended by hosts of brahmin seers, divine seers, royal seers, and ancestors; // it is served with devotion by the host of deities headed by Brahmā. / O twice-born, whatever person, recollecting the holy Rāmasetu, // should bathe anywhere in a pond or other body of water, / no wicked deed shall ever belong to him. // By offering a mere handful of water in the sacred fords situated within the Setu, / all diseases are destroyed, and likewise [sins such as] the murder of an embryo. // Whoever sees the holy line made by the tip of Rāma’s bow, / for him there is never any return from Vaikuṇṭha. // That which is famed in the world as Dhanuṣkoṭi, destroying sins, / was made by wise Rāma at the petition of Vibhīṣaṇa. // Dhanuṣkoṭi is exceedingly holy; having bathed there with devotion, / one should give gifts of wealth, lands, and cows, // of sesame seeds, rice grains, grains, and milk, / of garments, ornaments, black gram, and cooked rice, // of curd, ghee, water, vegetables, and buttermilk, / of refined sugar, crops, and honey, // and indeed the giving of modaka sweets, cakes, and other things / at Rāmasetu, O twice-born, is declared to bestow all desired wishes. // Therefore, free from greed for wealth, one should give at Rāmasetu. / What is given, offered in fire, practiced as austerity, recited in japa, or observed as vows and the like // at the tip of the bow of glorious Rāma becomes infinite in its fruit. / By that, the Vedas are pleased, and the ancestors are pleased; // all the sages are pleased, as are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva;