Skandapurana 3.1.53.5

3.1.53.5

2 atha setubandhanavṛttāntaprasaṅgena śrīrāmacandrasya piturājñayā daṇḍakāranyagamanasītā- haraṇasugrīvasakhyasamudratīragamanavibhīṣaṇasamāgamāntarāmāyaṇavṛttāntavarṇanam, atha sarvarākṣasarājye vibhīṣaṇābhiṣecanānantaraṃ samudrataraṇopāyacintayā cakratīrthe sugrīvādibhiḥ saha darbhaśayane sthitvā mantrakaraṇam, tatastrirātraparyantaṃ samudra- taraṇopāyaṃ cintayānena rāmeṇa samudrasyopāsanāpūrvakaṃ pratīkṣaṇam, atha samudrasya svaṃ pratyanāgamanādirūpamanādaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śrīrāmeṇa samudraṃ śoṣayituṃ pratijñāyā kṛtāyāṃ bhayabhītena samudreṇa śrīrāmaṃ prati śaraṇamāgatya śrīrāmasya stutikaraṇam, tatastatstutiprasannena śrīrāmeṇa laṅkāgamanārthaṃ taraṇārthamukte samudreṇa svopari setu- bandhanārthaṃ vijñaptikaraṇam, tataḥ śrīrāmeṇa sarvavānarasāhāyyena viśvakarmasutanala- vānaradvārā samudre setubandhanam darbhaśayanasya setumūlatvavarṇanam, setau sthitānāṃ cakratīrthādicaturviṃśatitīrthānāṃ varṇanam 4 1

2. In the context of the account of building the bridge: narration of the inner Rāmāyaṇa story including the journey of Śrī Rāmacandra to the Daṇḍaka forest by his father's command, the abduction of Sītā, friendship with Sugrīva, going to the ocean shore, and meeting with Vibhīṣaṇa; then, after consecrating Vibhīṣaṇa over the entire realm of the rākṣasas, taking counsel with Sugrīva and others on the bed of darbha grass at Cakratīrtha in contemplation of the means to cross the ocean; then Rāma, contemplating the means to cross the ocean for three nights, waiting while worshipping the ocean; then, seeing the ocean's disrespect by its not coming to him, etc., when Śrī Rāma makes a vow to dry up the ocean, the terrified ocean seeks refuge with Śrī Rāma and recites a hymn of praise to Śrī Rāma; then, pleased with that hymn, when Śrī Rāma tells him it is for crossing in order to reach Laṅkā, the ocean's petition to build a bridge over him; then Śrī Rāma's construction of a bridge across the ocean through the monkey Nala, son of Viśvakarman, with the aid of all the monkeys; description of the bed of darbha grass as the root of the bridge; description of the twenty-four sacred fords situated on the bridge, beginning with Cakratīrtha 4 1