Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
गते चादर्शनं देवे सोऽपि दैत्यो मुदान्वितः । स्वनाम्नात्र महादेवं स्थापयित्वा ययौ गृहम्
gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi daityo mudānvitaḥ | svanāmnātra mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā yayau gṛham
ពេលព្រះទេវៈបានលេចបាត់ពីទិដ្ឋភាពហើយ ដៃត្យនោះក៏ពោរពេញដោយសេចក្តីអំណរ។ គាត់បានស្ថាបនាព្រះមហាទេវៈនៅទីនោះ ដោយដាក់នាមតាមនាមរបស់ខ្លួន ហើយបន្ទាប់មកក៏ត្រឡប់ទៅផ្ទះ។
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara (implied eponymous Mahādeva)
Type: temple
Scene: After Śiva vanishes, the joyful devotee establishes a Mahādeva liṅga named after himself, then departs home.
FAQs
Gratitude after divine grace expresses itself as lasting worship—founding a shrine that benefits others.
A local Mahādeva-sthāna established by Karañja in the Revā Khaṇḍa landscape; it becomes the basis for the tīrtha’s renown.
Sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā—installing Mahādeva (typically via liṅga or shrine establishment).