Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 61
सर्वोपपातकैर्युक्तैर्ब्रह्महत्यादिपातकैः । नायोध्या शक्यते यस्मात्तामयोध्यां ततो विदुः
sarvopapātakairyuktairbrahmahatyādipātakaiḥ | nāyodhyā śakyate yasmāttāmayodhyāṃ tato viduḥ
حتى من تثقلهم جميع الذنوب الثانوية، والجرائم العظمى كقتل البراهمن، لا يستطيعون مقاتلة أيودهيا أو قهرها؛ لذلك عُرفت باسم «أيودهيا» أي «التي لا تُقهَر».
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija / Brāhmaṇa (addressed audience)
Scene: A pilgrim weighed down by symbolic chains of sins approaches Ayodhyā’s luminous boundary; the city stands radiant and unassailable, with Viṣṇu’s protective aura repelling darkness.
FAQs
A supremely sacred kṣetra stands inviolable; its holiness is not diminished even when approached by those stained with grave wrongdoing.
Ayodhyā, praised as ‘Ayodhyā’—the place that cannot be overcome or assailed.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse asserts the kṣetra’s inviolable sanctity in relation to sin.