Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 54
तत्सर्वं जायते पुण्यं प्राणिनामस्य दर्शनात् । तस्मादेतन्महाक्षेत्रं पुराणादिषु गीयते
tatsarvaṃ jāyate puṇyaṃ prāṇināmasya darśanāt | tasmādetanmahākṣetraṃ purāṇādiṣu gīyate
ते सर्व पुण्य प्राण्यांना या (पवित्र क्षेत्राच्या) केवळ दर्शनानेच प्राप्त होते. म्हणून हे महाक्षेत्र पुराणादि शास्त्रांत गाईले गेले आहे.
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A threshold moment: pilgrims behold Ayodhyā’s sacred skyline/ghāṭas; the very act of seeing is shown as generating luminous merit, while sages cite Purāṇic authority.
FAQs
Even simple darśana of Ayodhyā generates vast puṇya, revealing the power of sacred geography.
Ayodhyā is explicitly upheld as a mahākṣetra praised across Purāṇic literature.
The emphasis is on darśana (reverent visitation/seeing) as itself a merit-generating act.