Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 5
अयोध्यासदृशी कापि दृश्यते नापरा पुरी । या न स्पृशति वसुधां विष्णुचक्रस्थिताऽनिशम्
ayodhyāsadṛśī kāpi dṛśyate nāparā purī | yā na spṛśati vasudhāṃ viṣṇucakrasthitā'niśam
アヨーディヤーに比べうる都は他に見当たらない。この都は大地に触れず、常にヴィシュヌの円盤（チャクラ）の上に安住している。
Agastya (quoting the brāhmaṇa/Dharma in narrative)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Ayodhyā appears slightly above the earth, as if resting upon a vast luminous Sudarśana-cakra; the city’s ramparts and temples glow with Vaiṣṇava splendor, suggesting an otherworldly suspension.
FAQs
Ayodhyā is portrayed as transcendent—sustained by Viṣṇu—signaling that sacred space can be more than ordinary geography.
Ayodhyā, the supreme purī, is directly glorified.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse is a metaphysical praise of Ayodhyā’s divine foundation.