Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
तत्रैव सुचिरं कालं स्थितास्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः । ततो जग्मुरयोध्यायां विमानवरमाश्रिताः
tatraiva suciraṃ kālaṃ sthitāste śraddhayā'nvitāḥ | tato jagmurayodhyāyāṃ vimānavaramāśritāḥ
അവിടെ തന്നെയവർ ദീർഘകാലം ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ പാർത്തു; പിന്നെ ഉത്തമ വിമാനം കയറി അയോധ്യയിലേക്കു പോയി.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara–Lakṣmaṇeśvara tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: After a prolonged devotional stay, the assembled beings prepare to depart; a radiant vimāna descends, they board with reverence, leaving behind the newly established shrines; the horizon points toward Ayodhyā.
FAQs
Faithful dwelling at a tīrtha ripens merit, after which one may return to worldly duties or sacred homelands uplifted.
The tīrtha where they stayed long in śraddhā; the verse then connects it to Ayodhyā through the onward journey.
No explicit rite; it emphasizes sustained śraddhā and residence at the holy place.
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