Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
ततो विलोक्य तान्देवान्हर्षेण महतान्वितः । प्रासादं निर्ममे तेषां योग्यं साध्वभिसंस्थितम्
tato vilokya tāndevānharṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ | prāsādaṃ nirmame teṣāṃ yogyaṃ sādhvabhisaṃsthitam
Lalu, setelah memandang para dewa itu dan dipenuhi sukacita agung, ia membangun bagi mereka sebuah prāsāda—wahana suci yang layak—dirancang dengan tepat dan ditegakkan dengan kokoh.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, by Mahātmya narrative convention)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary moment: the patron sees radiant devas; immediately artisans lay out a symmetrical plan, raising a sanctified temple-mansion with firm plinth and aligned axes.
FAQs
Joyful devotion expressed through dhārmic construction—building a proper shrine for the divine—is presented as an auspicious act aligned with tīrtha-mahātmya.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the immediate passage glorifies a local tīrtha context where divine presence warrants temple establishment (specific site-name is not stated in this single verse).
No direct ritual (snāna/japa/vrata) is prescribed here; the dhārmic act highlighted is prāsāda-nirmāṇa (temple construction) done properly.