Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अश्वत्थाम्ना पृथक्त्वेन लिङ्गमेकैकमुत्तमम् । स्थापितं परया भक्त्या वरप्रासादमाश्रितम्
aśvatthāmnā pṛthaktvena liṅgamekaikamuttamam | sthāpitaṃ parayā bhaktyā varaprāsādamāśritam
Aśvatthāman errichtete, jeweils getrennt, jeden erhabenen Liṅga—einen nach dem anderen—mit höchster Bhakti und weihte ihn in einem prächtigen Tempel ein.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Aśvatthāman, alone and intent, installs an excellent liṅga with intense devotion inside a splendid temple, with towering pillars, blazing lamps, and a sense of solemn resolve.
FAQs
The text elevates bhakti as the true purifier: sincere devotion expressed through consecration and temple-building becomes a foremost dharmic offering.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Establishing liṅgas individually and enshrining them in prāsādas is presented as the key act.