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
What is the proper sequence of the pilgrimage? Which sacred fords are there, and what is the correct procedure? What fruit comes from bathing there, and from giving charity, O great sage? Explain all of this fully, O best of speakers, in detail.
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.
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.
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