Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 101
अगस्त्य उवाच । इति श्रुत्वा वचो विप्रो वासुदेवस्य बुद्धिमान् । स्वनामपूर्विकां मूर्तिं स्थापयामास चक्रिणः
agastya uvāca | iti śrutvā vaco vipro vāsudevasya buddhimān | svanāmapūrvikāṃ mūrtiṃ sthāpayāmāsa cakriṇaḥ
អគស្ត្យៈមានពាក្យថា៖ ព្រាហ្មណ៍ប្រាជ្ញា បានឮព្រះវាចារបស់វាសុទេវ ហើយបានដំឡើងព្រះរូបនៃព្រះអង្គអ្នកកាន់ចក្រ ដោយដាក់នាមរបស់ខ្លួនជាបុព្វបទ។
Agastya
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa, having heard Vāsudeva’s instruction, performs the solemn act of installing a discus-bearing Viṣṇu image, ritually naming it with his own name as a prefix; lamps, kalasha, and Vedic recitation surround the sanctum.
FAQs
Faith becomes enduring through sacred institutions—installing a deity makes devotion accessible to future generations.
Ayodhyā, as the locale where the cakra-bearing Lord’s image is ritually established.
Mūrti-sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā (ritual installation of the deity).