Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 51
स त्रिरात्रं स्थितस्तत्र यात्रां कृत्वा यथाविधि । स्तुवन्नयोध्यामाहात्म्यं प्रतस्थे मुनिसत्तमः
sa trirātraṃ sthitastatra yātrāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | stuvannayodhyāmāhātmyaṃ pratasthe munisattamaḥ
সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ মুনি সেখানে তিন রাত্রি অবস্থান করলেন; বিধিমতে তীর্থযাত্রা সম্পন্ন করে অযোধ্যার মাহাত্ম্য স্তব করতে করতে প্রস্থান করলেন।
Narrator (contextual, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—Ayodhyāmāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame; not explicit in these verses)
Scene: A venerable sage completes a three-night observance in Ayodhyā, performs prescribed pilgrimage acts, and departs while chanting the city’s glory; the sacred landscape suggests ghāṭas, temples, and the Sarayū’s calm flow.
FAQs
Tīrtha-yātrā culminates in disciplined observance (yathāvidhi) and grateful praise (stuti) of the sacred place.
Ayodhyā itself—its māhātmya is praised as the pilgrim departs.
A three-night observance (trirātra) and yātrā performed according to vidhi (injunction).