Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यः पुनर्भूपतिर्भूत्वा पृथ्वीं दद्याद्धिरण्मयीम् । गौतमेश्वरदेवस्य पुरतः श्रद्धयान्वितः । चक्रवर्ती भवेन्नूनमेवमाह पितामहः
yaḥ punarbhūpatirbhūtvā pṛthvīṃ dadyāddhiraṇmayīm | gautameśvaradevasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | cakravartī bhavennūnamevamāha pitāmahaḥ
ಆದರೆ ಯಾರು ರಾಜನಾಗಿ, ಶ್ರದ್ಧೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ, ಗೌತಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವರ ಸಮ್ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಹಿರಣ್ಮಯೀ ಪೃಥ್ವೀ’ (ಸ್ವರ್ಣಮಯ ಭೂಮಿಯ ಪ್ರತೀಕ ದಾನ) ಅರ್ಪಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ—ಎಂದು ಪಿತಾಮಹ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ) ಹೇಳಿದರು.
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Gautameśvara
Type: temple
Scene: A king offers a golden model of the earth (a globe/map-like disc or miniature continents) at the feet of the Gautameśvara liṅga; priests conduct rites; Brahmā’s approving presence is hinted in the sky, signifying scriptural authority.
FAQs
Kingship attains legitimacy and expansion through faith-filled sacrifice and symbolic surrender of worldly possession at a sacred Śiva presence.
Gautameśvara-deva’s sacred presence (Gautameśvara shrine/tīrtha) is the focal locus for the described gift.
Offer a symbolic ‘golden earth’ (pṛthvī-dāna) before Gautameśvara with śraddhā to gain cakravartin status.