[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.2.41.36 # Skandapurana 3.2.41.36 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.41.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.41.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.36) 35 atha śrīrāmeṇāyodhyāyāṃ kadācitkathāprasaṃge śrīvasiṣṭhamukhāraviṃdāddharmāraṇyakṣetrastha- prayāgatriveṇīśuklatīrthasiddhakṣetrakāśīgaṅgādharmāraṇyasuvarṇāharikṣetrādimāhātmyaṃ śrutvā dharmāraṇye punaryātrāṃ vidhātuṃ svaparijanaiḥ saha gatvā moherakapure sthitvā vasiṣṭhā- jñayā samāhūtaiḥ kuśikādimaharṣibhiḥ saha yajñakṛtyaṃ samāpyāvabhṛthasnānakaraṇam, atha tatra yajñānte sītāyā vijñaptyā moherakapurasya purataḥ sītānāmnā sītāpuraṃ nirmāya viduṣe brāhmaṇāya samarpaṇam, atha dharmālayaṃ prati gatvā sītāvacanena guruvākyena ca śrīrāmacandreṇa brāhmaṇebhyaḥ ṣoḍaśamahādānakaraṇapūrvakaṃ sītāpuramārabhya satyamandira- paryaṃta pañcapañcāśadgrāmadānavṛttāntavarṇanam, teṣu pañcapañcāśadgrāmeṣu nivasatāṃ vātsyāyanādyaṣṭādaśasahasramaharṣīṇāṃ śuśrūṣārthaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśatsahasravaiśyānāṃ taccaturguṇaśū drāṇāṃ ca pradānakaraṇam, atha rāmeṇa viprāṇāṃ prārthanāpūrvakaṃ vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca teṣāṃ viprāṇāṃ śuśrūṣārthamājñākaraṇam, tataḥ śrīrāmacandrasya svapurīṃ pratyāgamanam, evaṃ śrīrāmacandreṇa dharmāraṇyakṣetrasthatīrthasthānajīrṇoddhārakaraṇavṛttāntavarṇanam ... 152 2 > 35. Then, Lord Rāma, hearing on some occasion in the course of conversation in Ayodhyā from the lotus-mouth of the venerable Vasiṣṭha the māhātmya of Prayāga-Triveṇī, Śuklatīrtha, Siddhakṣetra, Kāśī, Gaṅgā, Dharmāraṇya, Suvarṇāharikṣetra, and others situated in the sacred field of Dharmāraṇya, goes with his retinue to undertake a pilgrimage again to Dharmāraṇya; staying in the town of Moheraka, he completes the sacrificial rites together with Kuśika and other great seers summoned by the command of Vasiṣṭha and performs the concluding ritual ablution; then there, at the end of the sacrifice, at the request of Sītā, he builds a town named Sītāpura facing the town of Moheraka and presents it to a learned brahmin; then, proceeding towards the abode of Dharma, upon the words of Sītā and the instruction of his preceptor, Lord Rāmacandra performs the sixteen great gifts for the brahmins, and the account of the gift of fifty-five villages beginning from Sītāpura up to Satyamandira; for the service of the eighteen thousand great seers headed by Vātsyāyana residing in those fifty-five villages, he provides thirty-six thousand vaiśyas and four times as many śūdras; then, Rāma, entreating the brahmins, commands the vaiśyas and śūdras to serve those brahmins; then, Lord Rāmacandra's return to his own city; thus the account of the renovation of the sacred fords and shrines located in the sacred field of Dharmāraṇya by Lord Rāmacandra. ... 152 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.41.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.35) - [Next: 3.2.41.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.37) - [Up: 3.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.41.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.41.36) · Pramāṇa