दक्षिणोत्तरभागे तु सरयूतमसावधिः । एतत्क्षेत्रस्य संस्थानं हरेरन्तर्गृहं स्थितम् । मत्स्याकृतिरियं विप्र पुरी विष्णोरुदीरिता
dakṣiṇottarabhāge tu sarayūtamasāvadhiḥ | etatkṣetrasya saṃsthānaṃ harerantargṛhaṃ sthitam | matsyākṛtiriyaṃ vipra purī viṣṇorudīritā
その南と北には、サラユー川とタマサー川が境界として定められている。この聖域の配置は、ハリの内なる御住まいとして存する。おおバラモンよ、このヴィシュヌの都は魚の形をなすと宣言されている。
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.
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.