Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 67
अत्र स्नातो नरो धीमाञ्छेषं संपूज्य चाव्ययम् । तीर्थं संपूज्य विधिवद्विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात्
atra snāto naro dhīmāñcheṣaṃ saṃpūjya cāvyayam | tīrthaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt
جو دانا انسان یہاں غسل کرے، وہ اَمر شیش ناگ کی پوری پوجا کرے؛ اور خود اس تیرتھ کی بھی رسم کے مطابق عبادت کر کے وشنو لوک کو پاتا ہے۔
Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa–Ayodhyāmāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-tīrtha (Śeṣa-sambandha)
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ghāṭa in Ayodhyā completes snāna, then offers flowers, incense, and lamps to a serpent-formed Śeṣa shrine/maṇḍala and reverently worships the tīrtha as a living deity; Viṣṇu’s realm is suggested in the sky as a luminous vision.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by reverent worship—of the deity connected to the site and of the site itself—performed with right method.
The Sarayū-bank tīrtha in Ayodhyā connected with Śeṣa and called Sahasradhārā.
Snāna, Śeṣa-pūjā, and vidhivat (rule-based) tīrtha-pūjā.