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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.14.23

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Lakṣmaṇa builds the Pañcavaṭī hut. He bathes in the Godāvarī and performs puṣpabali and śānti, Rāma embraces him and recalls Daśaratha’s care

In the sequence: he bathes in the Godāvarī, gathers lotuses, returns, and performs puṣpabali (flower offering) and śānti (pacification rite) himself before showing the hut to Rāma

3.14.23

tataḥ puṣpabaliṃ kṛtvā śāntiṃ ca sa yathāvidhi
darśayām āsa rāmāya tad āśramapadaṃ kṛtam

Then, having made a flower-offering and a rite of appeasement according to rule, he showed Rāma that hermitage-site he had built.

Words: tataḥ — then; puṣpabaliṃ — a flower-offering; kṛtvā — having made; śāntiṃ — a rite of appeasement, blessing; ca — and; sa — he; yathāvidhi — according to rule; darśayām āsa — showed; rāmāya — to Rāma; tad — that; āśramapadaṃ — hermitage-site; kṛtam — made, built

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.