Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
इति प्रसाद्य देवेशमाज्ञां प्राप्य महेशितुः । लिंगं संस्थापितं गौर्या महादेव समीपतः
iti prasādya deveśamājñāṃ prāpya maheśituḥ | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpitaṃ gauryā mahādeva samīpataḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ദേവേശനെ പ്രസാദിപ്പിച്ച് മഹേശ്വരന്റെ അനുവാദം നേടി, ഗൗരി മഹാദേവന്റെ സമീപത്ത് ലിംഗം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaurī performs the act of liṅga installation beside Mahādeva—ritual vessels, flowers, and sacred fire implied; the space feels like Kāśī’s sanctum, charged with grace.
FAQs
Sacred installations become powerful when done through devotion, proper sanction, and proximity to the divine presence.
Kāśī is the implied sacred geography where this liṅga’s māhātmya unfolds.
Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (ritual establishment) is the central act described.