Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 50
कृतकृत्योर्ज्जितानन्दस्तीर्थमाहात्म्यदर्शनात् । अभूदगस्त्यो रूपेण पुलकां चितविग्रहः
kṛtakṛtyorjjitānandastīrthamāhātmyadarśanāt | abhūdagastyo rūpeṇa pulakāṃ citavigrahaḥ
Durch das Schauen der Größe der Tīrthas wurde Agastya vollendet und von Ānanda überwältigt; sein Leib geriet in Verzückung, und heilige Gänsehaut ließ die Haare sich sträuben.
Narrator (contextual, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—Ayodhyāmāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha-mahātmya (as a ‘darśya’ reality)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya stands at a radiant tīrtha, eyes moist, body covered in goosebumps; the landscape glows as if the mahātmya itself is visible—light rising from water, temples, and trees; attendants watch in awe.
FAQs
Realizing a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself transformative—producing fulfillment and embodied devotional joy.
Ayodhyā’s tīrthas as a whole, whose māhātmya evokes profound bhakti in the pilgrim.
No new prescription; it describes the experiential fruit of properly undertaken tīrtha-yātrā.