Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ततो हाटकमादाय तदाकारं पितामहः । कृत्वा लिंगं स्वयं तत्र स्थापयामास हर्षितः
tato hāṭakamādāya tadākāraṃ pitāmahaḥ | kṛtvā liṃgaṃ svayaṃ tatra sthāpayāmāsa harṣitaḥ
Alors Pitāmaha (Brahmā) prit de l’or et, façonnant un liṅga de cette même forme, l’installa là de ses propres mains, dans la joie.
Narrator (Sūta continuing)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Brahmā, radiant and delighted, shapes a liṅga from gold in the same form and installs it with his own hands upon a pedestal.
FAQs
Offering one’s best resources in service—crafting and establishing a liṅga—becomes a powerful act of dharma and devotion.
The place where the golden liṅga is installed—later associated with the name Hāṭakeśvara.
Making a liṅga (here of gold) and installing it (pratiṣṭhā) at the sacred site.