Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । चर्ममुंडा तथा देवी तस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थिता । नलेन स्थापिता पूर्वं स्वयमेव महात्मना
| sūta uvāca | carmamuṃḍā tathā devī tasminsthāne vyavasthitā | nalena sthāpitā pūrvaṃ svayameva mahātmanā
સૂત બોલ્યા—એ જ સ્થાને દેવી ચર્મમુંડા વિરાજે છે; પૂર્વે મહાત્મા નલે સ્વયં તેને ત્યાં સ્થાપિત કરી હતી।
Sūta (explicit)
Tirtha: Carmamuṇḍā-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Sūta-saṃvāda frame)
Scene: A shrine of Devī Carmamuṇḍā at the sacred place; King Nala is depicted in the past performing pratiṣṭhā, while in the present the Goddess abides, receiving lamps and red flowers from pilgrims.
FAQs
Holy places are sanctified through devotion and consecration; righteous rulers and devotees establish enduring centers of worship for the world’s benefit.
The place where Carmamuṇḍā Devī is established (a Devī-sthāna within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting).
No direct prescription here; it introduces the shrine’s consecration by Nala, grounding later worship benefits.
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