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
അയോധ്യയെപ്പോലെ മറ്റൊരു പുരി എവിടെയും കാണപ്പെടുന്നില്ല; ഈ നഗരം ഭൂമിയെ സ്പർശിക്കാതെ, നിത്യവും വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ചക്രത്തിന്മേൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു।
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.