Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
पेतुः खात्पुष्पवर्षाणि देववाद्यानि सस्वनुः । एवं स्तंभं समारोप्य जयाख्यं विश्वनंदकः
petuḥ khātpuṣpavarṣāṇi devavādyāni sasvanuḥ | evaṃ staṃbhaṃ samāropya jayākhyaṃ viśvanaṃdakaḥ
Showers of flowers fell from the sky, and the instruments of the gods resounded. Thus, having set up the pillar named “Jaya” (Victory), Skanda—the delight of the worlds—proceeded onward.
Sūta (narrator) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Jaya-stambha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Flowers rain from the sky as divine instruments resound; the victory pillar is fully raised and proclaimed ‘Jaya,’ while Skanda stands as the world’s delight amid the consecrated celebration.
FAQs
When dharmic acts are completed, nature and heaven respond with auspicious signs—affirming sacred establishment as divinely approved.
The site of the ‘Jaya’ pillar becomes a sanctified landmark, a pilgrimage memory-point within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
Raising/erecting the stambha and ritually naming it ‘Jaya’ as part of consecration.