Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74
सैन्यसंघं समुत्तीर्य्य बभ्राम क्षेत्रमध्यतः । तत्र तीर्थेषु सर्वेषु देवतायतनेषु च
sainyasaṃghaṃ samuttīryya babhrāma kṣetramadhyataḥ | tatra tīrtheṣu sarveṣu devatāyataneṣu ca
സൈന്യസംഘത്തെ മറുകര കടത്തിയ ശേഷം, അവൻ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യഭാഗത്ത് സഞ്ചരിച്ചു; അവിടെയുള്ള എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും ദേവതാലയങ്ങളിലും സന്ദർശിച്ചു।
Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Tirtha: Harikṣetra tīrtha-samūha (all tīrthas within the kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma’s army crosses over and then spreads through the sacred region: banners, elephants/horses, sages guiding; the route passes ponds/ghāṭas and small temples where brief darśanas occur.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is not random wandering; it is a deliberate traversal of tīrthas and temples, honoring the sacred landscape.
The broader kṣetra of Dharmāraṇya/Harikṣetra is highlighted as containing many tīrthas and deity-shrines.
Systematic tīrtha-darśana and devatā-darśana—visiting all sacred fords and temples within the kṣetra.