Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 19
अयोध्यासेवनान्नृणां फलं स्यात्सूत कीदृशम् । किं चरित्रं सूत तस्याः का नद्यः के च संगमाः
ayodhyāsevanānnṛṇāṃ phalaṃ syātsūta kīdṛśam | kiṃ caritraṃ sūta tasyāḥ kā nadyaḥ ke ca saṃgamāḥ
Ô Sūta, quel fruit les hommes recueillent-ils en servant et en fréquentant Ayodhyā ? Ô Sūta, quelle est son histoire sacrée ? Quels fleuves et quelles confluences s’y trouvent ?
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā; Sarayū and associated saṅgamas (to be specified later)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sages ask Sūta about the fruits of serving Ayodhyā and about her sacred history, rivers, and confluences—evoking flowing waters and meeting streams near ghāṭas.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as ‘seva’—devotional engagement with a sacred place—yielding spiritual fruit when joined with reverence and understanding.
Ayodhyā as a whole, with interest in its rivers and saṅgamas that function as tīrthas.
Not a prescription, but the inquiry points toward pilgrimage practices tied to rivers and confluences.