Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
पिप्पलाद उवाच । गोवर्धन द्रुतं विप्रांस्तत्र चानय नागरान् । तेषां मतेन देवस्य नाममात्रं करोम्यहम्
pippalāda uvāca | govardhana drutaṃ viprāṃstatra cānaya nāgarān | teṣāṃ matena devasya nāmamātraṃ karomyaham
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Pippalāda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Govardhana
Scene: Pippalāda instructs Govardhana to quickly gather learned brāhmaṇas and townsmen; a council forms near the shrine site with palm-leaf notes, ritual vessels, and a newly prepared sanctum—prelude to naming the deity.
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Sacred institutions are stabilized through communal dharma—scriptural authorities and local society together confirm the deity’s public identity.
A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where a newly established Liṅga’s name is to be set through collective assent.
Convening brāhmaṇas and townspeople to determine and establish the deity’s name (nāma-pratiṣṭhā).
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