ततो हृष्टश्चतुर्वक्त्रः स्थापयामास तत्क्षणात् । लिगं माहेश्वरं तत्र कपालेश्वरसंज्ञितम्
tato hṛṣṭaścaturvaktraḥ sthāpayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt | ligaṃ māheśvaraṃ tatra kapāleśvarasaṃjñitam
Entonces Caturvaktra (Brahmā), lleno de júbilo, estableció en aquel mismo instante allí un liṅga de Maheśvara, conocido con el nombre de Kapāleśvara.
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: Four-faced Brahmā, radiant and delighted, performs immediate liṅga-pratiṣṭhā on the newly purified ground; attendants and sages witness the naming of Kapāleśvara.
A tīrtha gains enduring sanctity through divine installation (pratiṣṭhā) and a revealed deity-name.
Kapāleśvara, the Maheśvara-liṅga established in this kṣetra.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā is described (installation), implying worship centered on the Kapāleśvara liṅga.
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