Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
ततःप्रभृति लोकेऽत्र देवदेवो महेश्वरः । तादृशेनैव रूपेण स्थाप्यते भूतले जनैः
tataḥprabhṛti loke'tra devadevo maheśvaraḥ | tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpyate bhūtale janaiḥ
Seit jener Zeit wird in dieser Welt Maheśvara, der Gott der Götter, von den Menschen auf Erden in eben derselben Gestalt aufgestellt und verehrt.
Narrator
Tirtha: Maheśvara-sthāpana sthala (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: People install Maheśvara on earth in the same distinctive form as revealed in the legend; a consecration scene with priests, vessels, and devotees.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred history legitimizes living ritual tradition—iconic forms are preserved as channels of grace.
The verse generalizes “in this world”; the specific tīrtha remains unstated in this line.
Installing Maheśvara in the same described form (a specific iconographic mūrti-pratiṣṭhā tradition).