Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
तद्भवंतः प्रकुर्वंतु प्राधान्येन यदृच्छया । क्षेत्रेऽत्रैवाभिमुख्येन प्रासादान्सुमनोहरान् । यथाज्येष्ठं यथाश्रेष्ठं पृथक्त्वेन व्यवस्थिताः
tadbhavaṃtaḥ prakurvaṃtu prādhānyena yadṛcchayā | kṣetre'traivābhimukhyena prāsādānsumanoharān | yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ pṛthaktvena vyavasthitāḥ
«فلذلك فليمضِ كلٌّ منكم—بحسب الأسبقية وبحسب ما تيسّره الأحوال—هنا في هذا الكْشِتْرَة، وليبنِ معابدَ بالغةَ الحُسن، قائمةً متفرّقة، على وفق السِّنِّ والفضل.»
Brāhmaṇas (advising the kings)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brāhmaṇas prescribe a planned temple complex: each king builds a distinct, beautiful prāsāda within the same kṣetra, arranged by seniority and excellence.
FAQs
Dharma expresses itself as orderly sacred service—building shrines with humility, proper arrangement, and respect for precedence.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
A practical prescription: construct attractive prāsādas within the kṣetra, arranged separately and according to precedence/seniority.