Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 3
आगत्य च चकारोच्चैर्यात्रां तत्रादरेण सः । दृष्ट्वा माहात्म्यमतुलमयोध्यायाः सविस्मयः
āgatya ca cakāroccairyātrāṃ tatrādareṇa saḥ | dṛṣṭvā māhātmyamatulamayodhyāyāḥ savismayaḥ
அங்கே வந்து அவர் மிகுந்த பக்தியுடன் தீர்த்தயாத்திரையைச் செய்தார்; அயோத்தியாவின் ஒப்பற்ற மகிமையைப் பார்த்து வியப்பில் ஆழ்ந்தார்.
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.