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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.12
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī
In the sequence: Bharadvāja directs him toward Citrakūṭa, two and a half yojanas away, and identifies the Mandākinī and the nearby leaf hut as landmarks
2.86.12
anantaraṃ tat saritaś citrakūṭaś ca parvataḥ
tato parṇakuṭī tāta tatra tau vasato dhruvam
Just beyond that river is the mountain Citrakūṭa, and beyond that a leaf-hut, my dear; there the two surely dwell.
Words: anantaraṃ — immediately beyond; tat — that; saritaś — of the river; citrakūṭaś ca — and Citrakūṭa; parvataḥ — mountain; tato — beyond that; parṇakuṭī — a leaf-hut; tāta — my dear; tatra — there; tau — the two; vasato — dwell; dhruvam — surely
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.