Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
गते चादर्शनं देवे सोऽपि दैत्यो मुदान्वितः । स्वनाम्नात्र महादेवं स्थापयित्वा ययौ गृहम्
gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi daityo mudānvitaḥ | svanāmnātra mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā yayau gṛham
Als der Deva dem Blick entschwunden war, errichtete auch jener Daitya, von Freude erfüllt, dort Mahādeva unter seinem eigenen Namen und ging dann nach Hause.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara (implied eponymous Mahādeva)
Type: temple
Scene: After Śiva vanishes, the joyful devotee establishes a Mahādeva liṅga named after himself, then departs home.
FAQs
Gratitude after divine grace expresses itself as lasting worship—founding a shrine that benefits others.
A local Mahādeva-sthāna established by Karañja in the Revā Khaṇḍa landscape; it becomes the basis for the tīrtha’s renown.
Sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā—installing Mahādeva (typically via liṅga or shrine establishment).