Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
येन रामेश्वरश्चात्र निर्मितो लक्ष्मणेश्वरः । सीतादेवी तथा मूर्ता येन चात्र प्रतिष्ठिता
yena rāmeśvaraścātra nirmito lakṣmaṇeśvaraḥ | sītādevī tathā mūrtā yena cātra pratiṣṭhitā
هو الذي أقام هنا راميشڤرا، وأنشأ كذلك لكشمنيشڤرا؛ وعلى يده، في هذا الموضع بعينه، ثُبِّتَت وصُودِقَت بالتقديس صورةُ ديفي سيتا أيضًا.
Sūta (deduced from surrounding dialogue style of Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara; Lakṣmaṇeśvara; Sītā-devī-pratiṣṭhā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: temple
Scene: Rāma as founder-pratiṣṭhātā: installing a Śiva-liṅga named Rāmeśvara; establishing Lakṣmaṇeśvara; consecrating Sītā’s image—priests, kalasha, Vedic fire, and sacred waters present.
FAQs
Holy places are sanctified through devotion expressed as consecration—establishing Śiva-liṅgas and installing divine forms becomes an enduring act of dharma and remembrance.
The Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-context tied to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the Rājasvāmi–Rājavāpī sacred complex (as indicated by the adhyāya colophon in this unit).
Pratiṣṭhā (ritual consecration/installation) of deities—Rāmeśvara, Lakṣmaṇeśvara, and Sītā’s mūrti—implied as meritorious acts in the tīrtha.