Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 3
आगत्य च चकारोच्चैर्यात्रां तत्रादरेण सः । दृष्ट्वा माहात्म्यमतुलमयोध्यायाः सविस्मयः
āgatya ca cakāroccairyātrāṃ tatrādareṇa saḥ | dṛṣṭvā māhātmyamatulamayodhyāyāḥ savismayaḥ
അവിടെ എത്തി അദ്ദേഹം മഹാദരത്തോടെ തീർത്ഥയാത്ര നിർവഹിച്ചു; അയോധ്യയുടെ അതുല മഹാത്മ്യം കണ്ടപ്പോൾ വിസ്മയഭരിതനായി।
Agastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor(s) in the māhātmya frame
Scene: Dharma, having completed rites and visits, stands overlooking Ayodhyā’s sacred panorama—temple spires, ghāṭs, pilgrims—his face lit with astonished devotion.
FAQs
Pilgrimage done with reverence reveals the deeper māhātmya of a holy place and awakens awe and faith.
Ayodhyā itself is explicitly glorified as possessing incomparable greatness.
Undertake the yātrā with ādara (reverence); the verse highlights the attitude of devotion rather than a technical ritual.