Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
ततः सिद्धिं परां प्राप्ता एतर्त्तार्थप्रभावतः । ततो नागेश्वरं लिंगं स्थापयामासुरूर्जितम्
tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptā etarttārthaprabhāvataḥ | tato nāgeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsurūrjitam
তাৰ পাছত এই পৱিত্ৰ বৃত্তান্তৰেই প্ৰভাৱত তেওঁলোকে পৰম সিদ্ধি লাভ কৰিলে; তাৰ পিছত তেওঁলোকে শক্তিমান নাগেশ্বৰ লিঙ্গ স্থাপন কৰিলে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Nāgeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nāga kings, radiant after austerity, ceremonially install a powerful Śiva-liṅga—Nāgeśvara—on a sanctified platform; priests chant, waters are poured in abhiṣeka, and the air feels charged with achieved siddhi.
FAQs
Sacred narration (māhātmya) itself carries transformative power, culminating in devotion expressed through establishing and worshiping Śiva as Nāgeśvara.
The verse points to the Nāgeśvara-liṅga locale connected with the Nāradīya-saras episode in this chapter’s sacred geography.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (the establishment of a Śiva-liṅga), implying subsequent worship at the newly founded shrine.