Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 172
मानुषं देहमुत्सृज्य ते विमानान्यथारुहन् । तिर्यग्योनिगता ये च प्रविश्य सरयूं तदा
mānuṣaṃ dehamutsṛjya te vimānānyathāruhan | tiryagyonigatā ye ca praviśya sarayūṃ tadā
وبعد أن طرحوا الجسد الإنساني، ركبوا حينئذٍ الفيمانات السماوية. وكذلك الذين وُلدوا في أرحام الحيوان، إذ دخلوا سَرَيو في ذلك الوقت، نالوا الرفعة نفسها.
Brahmā (deduced, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative attribution)
Tirtha: Sarayū (Ayodhyā)
Type: ghat
Listener: Devotees/sages seeking Ayodhyā’s tīrtha-fruit
Scene: From the river rise radiant vimānas; souls, freed from human and animal embodiments alike, ascend in streams of light; the Sarayū becomes a luminous threshold between earth and heaven.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace is presented as universal—capable of elevating even those in non-human births—highlighting the boundless compassion embedded in sacred place theology.
Gopratāra Tīrtha on the Sarayū at Ayodhyā.
Entering/immersing in the Sarayū at the tīrtha is the implied practice.