Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 2
अगस्त्य उवाच । पुरा ब्रह्मा जगत्स्रष्टा विज्ञाय हरिमच्युतम् । अयोध्यावासिनं देवं तत्र चक्रे स्थितिं स्वयम्
agastya uvāca | purā brahmā jagatsraṣṭā vijñāya harimacyutam | ayodhyāvāsinaṃ devaṃ tatra cakre sthitiṃ svayam
અગસ્ત્ય બોલ્યા—પ્રાચીન કાળે જગત્સ્રષ્ટા બ્રહ્માએ અચ્યુત હરિને જાણી, અયોધ્યાવાસી તે દેવને ત્યાં સ્વયં પ્રતિષ્ઠિત કર્યો।
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Hari-nivāsa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya narrates: in primordial time Brahmā, knowing Hari as the unfailing Lord, establishes His settled presence in Ayodhyā—cosmic creator bowing to the presiding Viṣṇu of the city.
FAQs
A sacred place’s greatness is grounded in divine intention—Brahmā himself establishes Hari’s presence in Ayodhyā.
Ayodhyā as the divinely established abode of Hari (contextually linked to its tīrthas such as Cakratīrtha).
None explicitly; it introduces the etiological (origin) account of Hari’s establishment.