Skandapurana 2.8.11.2

2.8.11.2

1 sūtakṛtaṃ maṃgalārthaṃ vyāsādividvadvaryastavanam, sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaprasaṃgena nānādrumalatādiśobhitāyodhyāmāhātmyavarṇanam, agastimunerayodhyāgamanam, ayodhyāprabhāvadarśanenāgastyasyānandaprāptivarṇanam, triguṇatrisvarūpasthitāyodhyāvarṇanenāyodhyāśabdasya vyutpattyarthakathanam, ayodhyāyāmagastivyāsasaṃvādapūrvakaṃ viṣṇuśarmakṛta pañcāgnisādhanavarṇanam, viṣṇuśarmaṇā bhagavatstotrakaraṇam, viṣṇuśarmaṇo bhamavaddarśanam, bhagavatā viṣṇuśarmaṇe varapradānam, tasminneva sthale bhagavatā svacakreṇa jalapravāhānayanam, cakratīrtheti nāmnā tattīrthasya prasiddhivarṇanam, viṣṇunāmapūrvakaviṣṇuharītimūrtisthāpanam, viṣṇuharimāhātmyavarṇanam 274 1

1. Sūta's praise of the foremost scholars such as Vyāsa for the sake of auspiciousness; the description of the Ayodhyāmāhātmya adorned with various trees, creepers, and the like in the context of the dialogue between Sūta and Śaunaka; the arrival of the sage Agasti at Ayodhyā; the description of Agastya's attainment of bliss upon seeing the power of Ayodhyā; the statement of the etymological meaning of the word 'Ayodhyā' through the description of Ayodhyā existing in the three guṇas and three forms; the description of the practice of the five fires performed by Viṣṇuśarman preceded by the dialogue between Agastya and Vyāsa in Ayodhyā; the recitation of a hymn to the Lord by Viṣṇuśarman; the vision of the Lord by Viṣṇuśarman; the granting of a boon to Viṣṇuśarman by the Lord; the bringing of a flow of water by the Lord with his own discus at that very spot; the description of that sacred ford's renown by the name Cakratīrtha; the installation of the image named Viṣṇuhari preceded by the name of Viṣṇu; the description of the māhātmya of Viṣṇuhari. 274 1