Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 58
कः क्रमस्तीर्थयात्रायाः कानि तीर्थानि को विधिः । कि फलं स्नानतस्तत्र दानस्य च महामुने । एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व विस्तराद्वदतां वर
kaḥ kramastīrthayātrāyāḥ kāni tīrthāni ko vidhiḥ | ki phalaṃ snānatastatra dānasya ca mahāmune | etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistarādvadatāṃ vara
Wie ist die rechte Abfolge der Pilgerfahrt zu den Tīrthas? Welche heiligen Furten gibt es, und welches ist das richtige Verfahren? Welche Frucht erwächst aus dem Bad dort und aus dem Almosengeben, o großer Weiser? Lege dies alles vollständig dar, o bester Redner, in aller Ausführlichkeit.
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha-cakra (forthcoming)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)
Scene: Vyāsa enumerates practical questions—sequence, list of tīrthas, procedures, and fruits—like a pilgrim’s handbook being commissioned from Agastya.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes truly fruitful when done with right order (krama), right method (vidhi), and dharmic acts like bathing and charity.
The tīrthas of Ayodhyā are being requested for description; the chapter centers on Ayodhyā’s sacred circuit.
Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charitable giving) are explicitly mentioned, along with the need for a proper pilgrimage sequence and procedure.