Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 30
तस्माद्दक्षिणदिग्भागे स्वर्णस्य खनिरुत्तमा । यत्र चक्रे स्वर्णवृष्टिं कुबेरो रघुजाद्भयात्
tasmāddakṣiṇadigbhāge svarṇasya khaniruttamā | yatra cakre svarṇavṛṣṭiṃ kubero raghujādbhayāt
ആ സ്ഥലത്തിന്റെ തെക്കുദിക്കുഭാഗത്ത് ഉത്തമമായ സ്വർണ്ണഖനി ഉണ്ട്; അവിടെ രഘുപുത്രന്റെ ഭയത്താൽ കുബേരൻ സ്വർണ്ണവൃഷ്ടി വരുത്തി।
Narrator (contextual; within Ayodhyāmāhātmya discourse)
Tirtha: Svārṇa-khani (mythic ‘gold mine’ precinct) in Ayodhyā’s southern quarter
Type: kshetra
Scene: A southern precinct of Ayodhyā is shown as a gleaming earth-vein (mine) while Kubera, anxious, releases a rain of gold coins and nuggets from the sky; the Raghu-line king’s aura dominates the scene though he may be off-frame, implied by Kubera’s fear.
FAQs
Sacred places preserve divine history where cosmic powers respond to dharmic kings and their lineage.
A southern landmark of the Ayodhyā region—an ‘excellent gold mine’ associated with Kubera’s gold shower.
None explicitly; the verse provides sacred-geographical identification and a legendary cause (Kubera’s svarṇa-vṛṣṭi).