Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 38
स कदाचित्साधुसंगात्तीर्थयात्राप्रसंगतः । अयोध्यामागतो विप्र महापातककृद्द्विजः
sa kadācitsādhusaṃgāttīrthayātrāprasaṃgataḥ | ayodhyāmāgato vipra mahāpātakakṛddvijaḥ
กาลหนึ่ง ด้วยได้คบหาสาธุชนและมีเหตุแห่งการจาริกแสวงบุญ ทวิชะผู้นั้นแม้เป็นผู้กระทำมหาปาตกะ ก็ได้มาถึงอโยธยา โอ้พราหมณ์
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogic style)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (as kṣetra; specific tīrtha named in next verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed as 'vipra' (brāhmaṇa interlocutor).
Scene: A repentant brāhmaṇa meets serene sādhus on a forest road; they point toward Ayodhyā’s gates and river ghāṭs, initiating his pilgrimage.
FAQs
Sādhu-saṅga can redirect even a grievous sinner toward pilgrimage and the path of purification.
Ayodhyā is explicitly named as the destination whose māhātmya will be shown through the pilgrim’s transformation.
Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is implied as the turning-point practice leading to cleansing.