Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 165
इमे तु सर्वे मत्स्नेहादायाताः सर्वमानवाः । भक्ताश्च भक्तिमन्तश्च त्यक्तात्मानोऽपि सर्वशः
ime tu sarve matsnehādāyātāḥ sarvamānavāḥ | bhaktāśca bhaktimantaśca tyaktātmāno'pi sarvaśaḥ
हे सर्व मानव माझ्या स्नेहामुळे येथे आले आहेत—ते भक्त आहेत, भक्तीत दृढ आहेत, आणि सर्वथा आत्मसमर्पितही आहेत.
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A multitude of pilgrims—men and women of varied stations—approach the divine presence with folded hands, some prostrating, faces softened by surrender; Viṣṇu/Rāma acknowledges them with compassionate gaze.
FAQs
Love-filled devotion and self-surrender are presented as the key qualifications for divine grace.
Ayodhyā’s Māhātmya context frames these devotees as pilgrims/seekers connected to the sacred place.
No formal ritual; the emphasis is on inner disposition—bhakti and tyāga (self-offering).