Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 62
विष्णोराद्या पुरी येयं क्षितिं न स्पृशति द्विज । विष्णोः सुदर्शने चक्रे स्थिता पुण्यकरी क्षितौ
viṣṇorādyā purī yeyaṃ kṣitiṃ na spṛśati dvija | viṣṇoḥ sudarśane cakre sthitā puṇyakarī kṣitau
នេះជានគរដើមកំណើតរបស់ព្រះវិṣṇុ ឱ ព្រះទ្វិជ; វាមិនប៉ះដីទេ។ វាស្ថិតលើចក្រ សុទර්សន របស់ព្រះវិṣṇុ ហើយផ្តល់សេចក្តីបរិសុទ្ធ និងបុណ្យកុសលដល់លោក។
Agastya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (Viṣṇor ādyā purī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija / Brāhmaṇa
Scene: Ayodhyā depicted as a luminous city hovering slightly above the ground, resting upon a vast radiant Sudarśana-chakra; rays of sanctity descend to the earth and pilgrims below.
FAQs
A supreme holy city is upheld by divine power; its sanctity is portrayed as transcendent, not limited by ordinary geography.
Ayodhyā, presented as Viṣṇu’s ancient city upheld upon the Sudarśana discus.
No direct prescription; it explains Ayodhyā’s divine foundation as the basis for its merit-giving power.