Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 30
अयोध्या सा परा मेध्या पुरी दुष्कृतिदुर्ल्लभा । कस्य सेव्या च नाऽयोध्या यस्यां साक्षाद्धरिः स्वयम्
ayodhyā sā parā medhyā purī duṣkṛtidurllabhā | kasya sevyā ca nā'yodhyā yasyāṃ sākṣāddhariḥ svayam
Ayodhyā is supremely pure—a city hard to attain for those burdened with evil deeds. For whom would Ayodhyā not be worthy of service, where Hari Himself is present in person?
Narrator/reciter within Ayodhyāmāhātmya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic sacred-city vision: Ayodhyā as a radiant, pure city; Hari/Rāma present ‘in person’—either enthroned in a temple or subtly pervading the city; pilgrims performing sevā.
FAQs
A holy city is ‘meḍhya’ because of divine presence; purity of conduct (puṇya) makes one fit to approach it.
Ayodhyā, praised as a supremely purifying city where Hari is manifest.
No explicit ritual; it recommends sevā/reverence toward Ayodhyā as a sacred abode.
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