Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
राजोवाच । अद्यप्रभृति मद्वाक्यात्त्वया स्थेयमसंशयम् । अत्रार्चायां त्रिलोकेस्मि न्यावत्कीर्तिर्मम स्थिरा
rājovāca | adyaprabhṛti madvākyāttvayā stheyamasaṃśayam | atrārcāyāṃ trilokesmi nyāvatkīrtirmama sthirā
ರಾಜನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ವಾಕ್ಯದಿಂದ ನೀನು ನಿಸ್ಸಂದೇಹವಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ವಾಸಿಸು. ಈ ತ್ರಿಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಅರ್ಚಾ-ಸ್ವರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ, ನನ್ನ ಕೀರ್ತಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿರುವವರೆಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿರು.
The King (rājā/bhūpāla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The goddess (Sarasvatī) / the deity addressed in the icon
Scene: A king, hands raised in reverence, addresses the goddess’ icon within a sanctum; attendants hold lamps and fly-whisks; the icon is being ritually ‘seated’ (pratiṣṭhita) as the king’s proclamation echoes.
FAQs
The verse emphasizes enduring sacred presence through arcā-worship—divinity becomes accessible to the world through consecrated form and sustained devotion.
The passage is within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; this verse specifically points to establishing the Goddess’s presence ‘here’ in an icon, implying a local shrine at the chapter’s sacred setting.
Implied is arcā-sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā (establishing the deity in an icon) and continued temple-style worship, though procedural details are not given in this verse.
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