Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 65
दक्षिणोत्तरभागे तु सरयूतमसावधिः । एतत्क्षेत्रस्य संस्थानं हरेरन्तर्गृहं स्थितम् । मत्स्याकृतिरियं विप्र पुरी विष्णोरुदीरिता
dakṣiṇottarabhāge tu sarayūtamasāvadhiḥ | etatkṣetrasya saṃsthānaṃ harerantargṛhaṃ sthitam | matsyākṛtiriyaṃ vipra purī viṣṇorudīritā
Au sud et au nord, la limite est marquée par les rivières Sarayū et Tamasā. Ainsi se tient l’ordonnance de ce champ sacré, demeure intérieure de Hari. Ô brāhmane, cette cité de Viṣṇu est déclarée avoir la forme d’un poisson.
Agastya (contextual; until explicit speaker change at 68)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū–Tamasā maryādā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vipra (brāhmaṇa)
Scene: Aerial sacred-map vision: Ayodhyā-kṣetra outlined by two rivers, with the overall perimeter forming a fish silhouette; within it, a radiant ‘inner house’ of Hari glows at the center, pilgrims moving along ghāṭas.
FAQs
Holy geography is theology made visible: Ayodhyā is presented not merely as a town but as Hari’s intimate residence, sanctified by rivers and form.
Ayodhyā-kṣetra, bounded by the Sarayū and Tamasā rivers, is glorified as Viṣṇu’s own city.
No explicit ritual is stated here; it provides a sacred topography for pilgrimage orientation.