Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 118
अगस्त्य उवाच । सावधानः शृणु मुने कथामेतां सुविस्तरात् । यथाजगाम रामोऽसौ स्वर्गं स च पुरीजनः
agastya uvāca | sāvadhānaḥ śṛṇu mune kathāmetāṃ suvistarāt | yathājagāma rāmo'sau svargaṃ sa ca purījanaḥ
അഗസ്ത്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മുനേ, ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ കേൾക്കുക; ഈ കഥ ഞാൻ വിശദമായി പറയുന്നു—ആ രാമൻ എങ്ങനെ സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി, നഗരജനങ്ങളും എങ്ങനെ അദ്ദേഹത്തോടൊപ്പം പോയി।
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Agastya leans forward, palm raised in a ‘listen’ gesture; Vyāsa sits composed, eyes focused; the space feels like a sacred classroom, with a faint celestial pathway hinted above—foreshadowing ‘svarga-gamana’.
FAQs
Sacred history is to be received with attentive listening; Rāma’s departure is presented as a dharmic, divine culmination rather than mere death.
Ayodhyā—portrayed as a city whose people are spiritually uplifted through association with Rāma.
No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it introduces a narrative meant for śravaṇa (devotional listening).