Skandapurana 3.2.41.34

3.2.41.34

33 atha śrīrāmeṇa teṣāṃ tatkṣetranivāsināṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ purato dharmāraṇyakṣetrasya jīrṇoddhāraṃ kṛtvā yajñapūrvakaṃ dānapradānārthaṃ prārthanākaraṇam, tatastaiḥ sarvairbrāhmaṇairmilitvā saṃmaṃtrya śrīrāmaṃ prati sveṣāṃ pratigrahaparāṅmukhatvarūpasvadharmakathanapūrvakabrahmaviṣṇumaheśvarā- jñāvartitvavarṇanam, tataḥ śrīrāmeṇa brahmaviṣṇuśivādisamastadevānāṃ smaraṇam, śrīrā- masya smaraṇamātreṇa brahmādisamastadevānāmāgamanam, śrīrāmeṇa teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ pūjādinā satkārakaraṇam, tataḥ samastadevaiḥ śrīrāmacandrasya dharmāraṇyakṣetra- jīrṇoddhārecchāṃ dṛṣṭvā praśaṃsākaraṇam, tataḥ śrīrāmacandreṇa teṣāṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrādi- devānāmanujñāṃ labdhvā śrīdharmāraṇyakṣetrasya jīrṇoddhārakāryārambhaṃ vidhāya vividhaba- hiḥśālāgṛhaśālābrahmaśālānāṃ nirmāpaṇaṃ kṛtvā tāsu sarvāsu vividhadhanadhānyadhā- tudhenuratnādivastusaṃbhārānsaṃpūrya catuścatvāriṃśacchatagrāmāṇāṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradānakara- ṇam, ṣaṭtriṃśatsahasragobhujavaṇigbhyaśca śvetāśvacāmarakhaḍgapradānapūvarkaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ śuśrūṣākaraṇāyājñākaraṇam, vivāhādisamaye cāmarādirājacihnadhāraṇagurukuladevī- pūjādyarthamājñākaraṇaṃ ca, sapādalakṣamāṇḍalīkamaṇḍaleśvaravaṇijāṃ ca cāmarakhaḍgādi pradāya dvijaśuśrūṣārthamājñākaraṇam, tataḥ svakulasvāmisūryapratiṣṭhāṃ kṛtvā brahma- devaśrīmātāśūnyasvāmiharigaṇādhyakṣādidevatāsthāpanapūrvakaṃ durgakuṃḍapratolīdharmavā- pīkūpaprabhṛtinagaropayogivyavasthāṃ vidhāya tāmrapaṭṭe'khaṇḍaśāsanaṃ vilikhya traivi- dyavidyebhyo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāya tasya dharmāraṇyakṣetrasya tannivāsināṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vaṇijāṃ ca niraṃtaraṃ rakṣārthaṃ māruterājñākaraṇam, evaṃ jīrṇoddhāraṃ kṛtvā kṛtakṛtyena śrīrāmeṇa śrīmātaraṃ saṃpūjya praṇamya devebhyo dvijebhyaścāśīrgrahaṇam.... ... 150 1

33. Then, Lord Rāma requests before the brahmins residing in that sacred field to bestow gifts along with a sacrifice, having renovated the sacred field of Dharmāraṇya. Then, all those brahmins gather, deliberate, and declare to Lord Rāma their own religious duty consisting of aversion to accepting gifts, and explain that they act only upon the command of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara. Then, Lord Rāma meditates upon all the gods headed by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva. By the mere remembrance of Lord Rāma, all the gods headed by Brahmā arrive. Lord Rāma honors all those gods with worship and other rites. Then, seeing Lord Rāmacandra's desire to renovate the sacred field of Dharmāraṇya, all the gods praise him. Then, Lord Rāmacandra, having obtained the permission of those gods headed by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, begins the renovation work of the glorious sacred field of Dharmāraṇya, has various outer halls, dwelling houses, and brahmin assemblies constructed, fills all of them with provisions of diverse wealth, grains, metals, cows, and gems, and bestows forty-four hundred villages upon the brahmins. To thirty-six thousand Gobhuja merchants, he gives white horses, fly-whisks, and swords, ordering them to serve the brahmins. He also commands them to bear royal insignia such as fly-whisks at weddings and other occasions, and to worship their family deities and preceptors; and having granted fly-whisks, swords, and other emblems to one hundred and twenty-five thousand Māṇḍalīka and Maṇḍaleśvara merchants, he commands them to serve the twice-born. Then, having consecrated the Sun, the lord of his own lineage, and installed the deities headed by Brahmadeva, Śrīmātā, Śūnyasvāmin, Hari, and Gaṇādhyakṣa, and having arranged urban facilities such as fortresses, water tanks, gateways, dharma stepwells, and wells, he inscribes an unbreakable charter on copper plates, presents it to the brahmins versed in the three Vedas, and commands Māruti to constantly protect that sacred field of Dharmāraṇya as well as the brahmins and merchants dwelling therein. Having thus accomplished the renovation, Lord Rāma, fulfilled in his duty, worships and bows to the divine mother Śrīmātā, and receives the blessings of the gods and the twice-born.... 150 1