Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 47
तामयोध्यामथ प्राप्तोऽगस्त्यः कुम्भोद्भवो मुनिः । यात्रार्थं तीर्थमाहात्म्यं ज्ञात्वा स्कन्दप्रसादतः
tāmayodhyāmatha prāpto'gastyaḥ kumbhodbhavo muniḥ | yātrārthaṃ tīrthamāhātmyaṃ jñātvā skandaprasādataḥ
பின்னர் குடத்திலிருந்து தோன்றிய முனிவர் அகஸ்தியர் அந்த அயோத்தியைக் அடைந்தார்; ஸ்கந்தனின் அருளால் யாத்திரைக்காக அங்குள்ள தீர்த்தங்களின் மகிமையை அறிந்தார்.
Narrator (contextual, Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa—Ayodhyāmāhātmya; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra tīrthas (collective)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya—short, radiant, carrying kamaṇḍalu—arrives at Ayodhyā’s sacred precincts; an unseen Skanda-bestowed light of understanding descends, visualized as a subtle aura or scriptural radiance around the sage.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes fruitful when guided by revealed knowledge of tīrtha-māhātmya, obtained through divine grace.
Ayodhyā and its network of tīrthas, approached by Agastya for yātrā.
The verse frames yātrā (pilgrimage) as the purpose; detailed rites follow in subsequent verses.