Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 29
इति विविधविधानैस्तीर्थयात्रांक्रमेण प्रथितगुणविकासः प्राप्तपुण्योविधाय । हरिमुपहृतभावः पूजयन्सर्वतीर्थं व्रजति परमधाम न्यस्तपापः कथञ्चित्
iti vividhavidhānaistīrthayātrāṃkrameṇa prathitaguṇavikāsaḥ prāptapuṇyovidhāya | harimupahṛtabhāvaḥ pūjayansarvatīrthaṃ vrajati paramadhāma nyastapāpaḥ kathañcit
Demikianlah, dengan menunaikan ziarah ke tīrtha secara berurutan menurut tata-aturan dan berbagai laku yang ditetapkan, kebajikan berkembang nyata dan pahala suci diperoleh. Dengan hati dipersembahkan kepada Hari, memuja di setiap tempat suci, ia—setelah menanggalkan dosa—entah bagaimana mencapai kediaman tertinggi.
Unspecified (concluding statement of the Ayodhyāmāhātmya passage)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā tīrtha-krama (collective)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a brāhmaṇa interlocutor (vipra)
Scene: A pilgrim procession moving from one Ayodhyā tīrtha to another in orderly sequence, offering flowers and lamps to Hari at each ford; the final panel shows the pilgrim’s sins falling away as a radiant path opens toward Paramadhāma.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as a structured dharmic path: observance + devotion to Hari + worship at tīrthas culminates in liberation-oriented attainment.
The collective tīrthas of Ayodhyā, approached in an ordered pilgrimage circuit (krameṇa).
Perform tīrtha-yātrā in sequence with prescribed observances and worship Hari at each tīrtha.