Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 70
योगध्यानरतो नित्यं विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः । स कदाचित्तीर्थयात्रां कुर्वन्वैष्णवसत्तमः । अयोध्यामागतो विष्णुर्विष्णुःसाक्षाद्वसेदिति
yogadhyānarato nityaṃ viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ | sa kadācittīrthayātrāṃ kurvanvaiṣṇavasattamaḥ | ayodhyāmāgato viṣṇurviṣṇuḥsākṣādvasediti
ជានិច្ចរីករាយក្នុងយោគៈ និងសមាធិ ហើយឧទ្ទិសខ្លួនទាំងស្រុងចំពោះភក្តីដល់ព្រះវិṣṇu; វៃṣṇវៈដ៏ប្រសើរនោះ ម្តងមួយបានចេញធ្វើធម្មយាត្រាទៅកាន់ទីរមណីយដ្ឋានបរិសុទ្ធ។ គាត់មកដល់អយោធ្យា ដោយគិតថា៖ «នៅទីនេះ ព្រះវិṣṇu ទ្រង់ស្ថិតនៅដោយព្រះអង្គផ្ទាល់»។
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (Sāketa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Viṣṇuśarman, a meditative Vaiṣṇava pilgrim, arrives at Ayodhyā with staff and waterpot, eyes calm from yoga; in his thought-bubble/gesture is the resolve: ‘Here Viṣṇu dwells in person.’ The city’s temples and the river landscape welcome him.
FAQs
Bhakti matures into pilgrimage: the devotee seeks the Lord not only inwardly through meditation but outwardly by visiting the Lord’s cherished kṣetra.
Ayodhyā is glorified as a place where Viṣṇu is believed to dwell sākṣāt—personally and tangibly present.
Pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) is indicated, though no step-by-step rite is detailed in this verse.