Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 31
सरयूतीरमासाद्य दिव्या परमशोभना । अमरावतीनिभा प्रायः श्रिता बहुतपोधनैः
sarayūtīramāsādya divyā paramaśobhanā | amarāvatīnibhā prāyaḥ śritā bahutapodhanaiḥ
സരയൂതീരത്തെത്തുമ്പോൾ ആ പുരി ദിവ്യവും പരമശോഭനവുമായതായി ദൃശ്യമാകുന്നു; പ്രായഃ അമരാവതിയെപ്പോലെ, അനേകം തപോധന മഹർഷിമാർ ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നതാണ്.
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.