Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 173
कर्ता चापि तथोद्धर्ता द्वौ वै समफलौ स्मृतौ । कुमारेशः कुमारीश इति वक्ष्यंति मां ततः
kartā cāpi tathoddhartā dvau vai samaphalau smṛtau | kumāreśaḥ kumārīśa iti vakṣyaṃti māṃ tataḥ
Le Créateur et le Libérateur : on se souvient qu’ils confèrent un fruit égal. C’est pourquoi, dès lors, on me nommera « Kumāreśa » et « Kumārīśa ».
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa style)
Tirtha: Kumāreśa / Kumārīśa (epithets of the same Śiva at Kumāra-liṅga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva proclaims a principle of equal merit for builder and restorer; the scene frames the renewed temple as a living organism sustained by caretakers, with inscriptions of the names Kumāreśa and Kumārīśa.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as both the one who brings forth (creator) and the one who rescues (deliverer), granting equal spiritual fruit to devotees.
The verse sits within the Mahākāla/Barkareśvara tīrtha context in Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, highlighting Śiva’s local epithets.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on the tīrtha-linked naming and theological praise.