Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 149
ऋक्षवानररक्षांसि जनाश्च पुरवासिनः । आगत्य परया भक्त्या पृष्ठतः समुपाययुः
ṛkṣavānararakṣāṃsi janāśca puravāsinaḥ | āgatya parayā bhaktyā pṛṣṭhataḥ samupāyayuḥ
ریچھ، بندر اور راکشس—اور شہر کے باشندے بھی—آگے بڑھے، اور اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی کے ساتھ قریب سے رام (راغھو) کے پیچھے پیچھے چلنے لگے۔
Deductive: Brahmā to Nārada (Vaiṣṇava Khaṇḍa framing); narrative voice describing Rāma
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A striking mixed procession: bears and monkeys alongside rākṣasas and city-dwellers, all with folded hands and shining devotion, following closely behind Rāma.
FAQs
Supreme devotion to Rāma draws all beings—across social and species boundaries—into the path of liberation.
Ayodhyā, presented as a city whose inhabitants are naturally oriented toward Rāma and spiritual ascent.
No explicit rite is stated; the emphasis is on bhakti and accompanying the Lord as a dharmic act.