Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 67
भूयादत्र परं तीर्थं सर्वपापहरं सदा । अत्र स्नानेन दानेन नृणां लक्ष्मीः प्रजायते
bhūyādatra paraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ sadā | atra snānena dānena nṛṇāṃ lakṣmīḥ prajāyate
“愿此处成为至上的圣渡处（tīrtha），恒常除灭一切罪垢。于此沐浴并行布施，人们便得兴盛福德——吉祥天女拉克希米。”
Kautsa
Tirtha: अयोध्या-परम-तीर्थ (नाम अत्र सामान्य)
Type: ghat
Listener: राजा
Scene: सरयू-तटे नव-प्रतिष्ठित-तीर्थ—घाट, स्नानार्थी, दान-प्रदान (ब्राह्मण/दरिद्र-सेवा), लक्ष्मी-देवी का प्रतीकात्मक उदय (कमल-दीप्ति) आकाशे।
FAQs
Sacred places are meant for purification and generosity; snāna and dāna together generate both merit and rightful prosperity.
A newly established “supreme tīrtha” is proclaimed ‘here’ in the Ayodhyā Māhātmya context (the verse itself does not name it explicitly).
Snāna (ritual bathing) and dāna (charity) at this tīrtha are prescribed as sin-destroying and prosperity-bestowing acts.