Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 67
अत्र स्नातो नरो धीमाञ्छेषं संपूज्य चाव्ययम् । तीर्थं संपूज्य विधिवद्विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात्
atra snāto naro dhīmāñcheṣaṃ saṃpūjya cāvyayam | tīrthaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt
ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത ജ്ഞാനി പുരുഷൻ അവ്യയനായ ശേഷനാഗനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിക്കുകയും, ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തെയും യഥാവിധി ആരാധിച്ച് വിഷ്ണുലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും.
Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa–Ayodhyāmāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha (Śeṣa-sambandha)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ghāṭa in Ayodhyā completes snāna, then offers flowers, incense, and lamps to a serpent-formed Śeṣa shrine/maṇḍala and reverently worships the tīrtha as a living deity; Viṣṇu’s realm is suggested in the sky as a luminous vision.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by reverent worship—of the deity connected to the site and of the site itself—performed with right method.
The Sarayū-bank tīrtha in Ayodhyā connected with Śeṣa and called Sahasradhārā.
Snāna, Śeṣa-pūjā, and vidhivat (rule-based) tīrtha-pūjā.