Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 31
सरयूतीरमासाद्य दिव्या परमशोभना । अमरावतीनिभा प्रायः श्रिता बहुतपोधनैः
sarayūtīramāsādya divyā paramaśobhanā | amarāvatīnibhā prāyaḥ śritā bahutapodhanaiḥ
ដល់មាត់ទន្លេសរយូ នោះ (អយោធ្យា) មានសភាពទេវភាព ស្រស់ស្អាតលើសលប់ ប្រហាក់ប្រហែលអមរាវតី ហើយមានព្រះឥសីធំៗជាច្រើន អ្នកសម្បូរតបស្យា មកស្នាក់នៅ។
Narrator/reciter within Ayodhyāmāhātmya
Tirtha: Sarayū-tīra (Ayodhyā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim party reaches the Sarayū’s luminous bank; beyond, Ayodhyā gleams like a celestial city, with saffron-clad ascetics seated under trees and near small āśramas, the river reflecting the sky.
FAQs
A tīrtha is recognized by divine beauty and the presence of tapasvins whose lives sanctify the landscape.
Ayodhyā and the Sarayū riverbank, presented as a heavenly-like sacred geography.
No explicit rite; it highlights pilgrimage approach—reaching the Sarayū bank as entry into Ayodhyā’s sanctity.