Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15
तया च कलया भानो सदात्र स्थातुमर्हसि । ततस्तथेति देवेन प्रोक्ते तुष्टेन भारत
tayā ca kalayā bhāno sadātra sthātumarhasi | tatastatheti devena prokte tuṣṭena bhārata
ഹേ ഭാനു! ആ കലയോടുകൂടെ നീ ഇവിടെ സദാ വസിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്. തുടർന്ന്, ഹേ ഭാരത, തുഷ്ടനായ ദേവൻ “തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।
Narrator (Sūta-style address) reporting the deity’s assent
Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya/Sūrya-sthāna (implied by immediate context)
Type: temple
Listener: Bhārata (addressed)
Scene: A radiant Sun-deity (Bhānu) is addressed to abide forever in the place through a specific ‘kalā’; the deity, pleased, grants assent—‘tathā’—sealing the consecration.
FAQs
When devotion aligns with a place’s sacred tradition, the divine presence is affirmed to remain and bless that locale continually.
The passage continues the Kāmarūpa setting, presenting it as a place of enduring solar presence.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse supports the sthala-tradition of a deity being established to remain permanently.