Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 70
अगस्त्य उवाच । इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे देवः पीताम्बरधरोऽच्युतः । देवा अपि विधानेन कृत्वा यात्रां प्रयत्नतः । अयोध्यायां स्थिता नित्यं हरेर्गुणविमोहिताः
agastya uvāca | ityuktvāṃtardadhe devaḥ pītāmbaradharo'cyutaḥ | devā api vidhānena kṛtvā yātrāṃ prayatnataḥ | ayodhyāyāṃ sthitā nityaṃ harerguṇavimohitāḥ
ଅଗସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ଏପରି କହି ପୀତାମ୍ବରଧାରୀ ଅଚ୍ୟୁତ ଭଗବାନ୍ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଧାନ ହେଲେ। ଦେବମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଓ ପ୍ରୟତ୍ନସହ ଯାତ୍ରା କରି, ହରିଙ୍କ ଗୁଣରେ ମୋହିତ ହୋଇ, ଅଯୋଧ୍ୟାରେ ସଦା ବସିଲେ।
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (addressed) viprendra / best of brāhmaṇas (likely interlocutor in Ayodhyā-māhātmya frame)
Scene: Acyuta in pītāmbara speaks and vanishes (antar-dhāna) as devas, with folded hands, remain in luminous Ayodhyā, absorbed in Hari’s virtues.
FAQs
True tīrtha-yātrā is not mere travel but disciplined worship; the Lord’s presence draws even the gods into lasting devotion.
Ayodhyā as an eternal abode of Hari’s glory, connected to the Guptahari-related pilgrimage circuit.
Perform the yātrā ‘vidhānena’ (with prescribed rites) and ‘prayatnataḥ’ (with sincere effort).