Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
धन्यानामपि सा पूज्या अयोध्या सर्वकामदा । या स्वयं रामदेवेन पालिता धर्मबुद्धिना
dhanyānāmapi sā pūjyā ayodhyā sarvakāmadā | yā svayaṃ rāmadevena pālitā dharmabuddhinā
សូម្បីតែក្នុងចំណោមអ្នកមានពុណ្យក៏ដោយ អយោធ្យា គួរឲ្យគោរពបូជាយ៉ាងខ្លាំង ជាអ្នកប្រទានបំណងទាំងអស់ ព្រោះត្រូវបានព្រះរាមដេវា ព្រះអង្គឯង គ្រប់គ្រង និងការពារ ដោយព្រះបញ្ញាដែលឈរលើធម៌។
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpa)
Scene: Ayodhyā as a worship-worthy city: Rama as dharma-minded king protecting the realm; citizens and sages honor the city and its river Sarayū.
FAQs
A city becomes supremely sacred when governed and sanctified by dharma embodied—here, Lord Rāma.
Ayodhyā, praised as worship-worthy and wish-fulfilling due to Rāma’s presence and rule.
No specific rite; it implies pūjā/reverence toward Ayodhyā as a sacred city.