Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 21
एतत्सर्वं क्रमेणैव तथ्यं त्वं वेत्थ सांप्रतम् । अयोध्याया महापुर्य्या माहात्म्यं वक्तुमर्हसि
etatsarvaṃ krameṇaiva tathyaṃ tvaṃ vettha sāṃpratam | ayodhyāyā mahāpuryyā māhātmyaṃ vaktumarhasi
Segala hal ini engkau ketahui menurut tertibnya dan dalam kebenaran pada saat ini. Maka engkau patut menuturkan māhātmya kota agung Ayodhyā.
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Forest hermitage setting: assembled ṛṣis request the narrator to expound Ayodhyā’s greatness; the moment is calm, anticipatory, and reverential—hands folded, kusa seats, sacrificial fire nearby.
FAQs
True teaching is orderly and faithful to tradition; the hearers request an authoritative, accurate māhātmya.
Ayodhyā, explicitly named as a mahāpurī whose greatness is to be proclaimed.
None; it is a formal commissioning of the narration.