Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यः पुनर्भूपतिर्भूत्वा पृथ्वीं दद्याद्धिरण्मयीम् । गौतमेश्वरदेवस्य पुरतः श्रद्धयान्वितः । चक्रवर्ती भवेन्नूनमेवमाह पितामहः
yaḥ punarbhūpatirbhūtvā pṛthvīṃ dadyāddhiraṇmayīm | gautameśvaradevasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | cakravartī bhavennūnamevamāha pitāmahaḥ
وأمّا من صار ملكًا ثم قدّم، مقرونًا بالإيمان، «الأرض الذهبية» (عطية رمزية للعالم) بين يدي الإله غوتاميشڤرا، فإنه يصير يقينًا ملكًا ذا عجلةٍ كونية (تشاكرافارتين)؛ هكذا نطق بيتامها (براهما).
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Gautameśvara
Type: temple
Scene: A king offers a golden model of the earth (a globe/map-like disc or miniature continents) at the feet of the Gautameśvara liṅga; priests conduct rites; Brahmā’s approving presence is hinted in the sky, signifying scriptural authority.
FAQs
Kingship attains legitimacy and expansion through faith-filled sacrifice and symbolic surrender of worldly possession at a sacred Śiva presence.
Gautameśvara-deva’s sacred presence (Gautameśvara shrine/tīrtha) is the focal locus for the described gift.
Offer a symbolic ‘golden earth’ (pṛthvī-dāna) before Gautameśvara with śraddhā to gain cakravartin status.