Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 25
ॐ नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे । यस्य प्रसादाज्जानामि ह्ययोध्यामहिमामहम्
oṃ namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase | yasya prasādājjānāmi hyayodhyāmahimāmaham
โอม—ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระภควานเวทวยาสะ ผู้มีเดชานุภาพหาประมาณมิได้ ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน ข้าพเจ้าจึงรู้มหิมาแห่งอโยธยา
Narrator/reciter within Ayodhyāmāhātmya (deductively: a Purāṇic narrator addressing sages)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (mahima to be revealed)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Tapodhana sages
Scene: Sūta utters ‘Oṃ namo bhagavate…’ with folded hands; a radiant vision of Vyāsa appears or is symbolized by a glowing manuscript; the atmosphere is sanctified, like the opening of a sacred recital.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge of a tīrtha’s glory is received through the grace of realized teachers and the Purāṇic lineage.
Ayodhyā—presented as a holy city whose mahimā is to be revealed through authoritative transmission.
No detailed ritual; the verse models mantra-like salutation (namo) as a devotional preface.