Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
प्रभासे च कुरुक्षेत्रे यत्फलं वत्सरैः शतैः । वसतां निमिषार्द्धेन ह्ययोध्यायां च तद्भवेत्
prabhāse ca kurukṣetre yatphalaṃ vatsaraiḥ śataiḥ | vasatāṃ nimiṣārddhena hyayodhyāyāṃ ca tadbhavet
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਸ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਰੁਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੌ ਵਰ੍ਹਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਜੋ ਪੁੰਨ-ਫਲ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹੀ ਫਲ ਅਯੋਧਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੱਧੇ ਨਿਮਿਸ਼ ਲਈ ਵੱਸਣ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਉਪਜਦਾ ਹੈ।
Unknown (within Dvārakā Māhātmya narration; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three sacred landscapes appear like panels: Prabhāsa’s sea-shore, Kurukṣetra’s vast plain, and Ayodhyā’s Sarayū-lit ghāṭas; a pilgrim steps into Ayodhyā and the other two scenes fade, symbolizing a century’s merit collapsing into a blink.
FAQs
Holy places differ in manifested spiritual potency; Ayodhyā is praised as granting swift merit through mere association.
Ayodhyā is glorified, with Prabhāsa and Kurukṣetra cited for comparison.
No explicit ritual; the emphasis is on residence/association (vāsa) as a source of puṇya.