Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
ततःप्रभृति लोकेऽत्र देवदेवो महेश्वरः । तादृशेनैव रूपेण स्थाप्यते भूतले जनैः
tataḥprabhṛti loke'tra devadevo maheśvaraḥ | tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpyate bhūtale janaiḥ
Depuis lors, en ce monde, Maheśvara, le Dieu des dieux, est établi par les hommes sur la terre dans cette même forme.
Narrator
Tirtha: Maheśvara-sthāpana sthala (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: People install Maheśvara on earth in the same distinctive form as revealed in the legend; a consecration scene with priests, vessels, and devotees.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred history legitimizes living ritual tradition—iconic forms are preserved as channels of grace.
The verse generalizes “in this world”; the specific tīrtha remains unstated in this line.
Installing Maheśvara in the same described form (a specific iconographic mūrti-pratiṣṭhā tradition).