Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
ततो हाटकमादाय तदाकारं पितामहः । कृत्वा लिंगं स्वयं तत्र स्थापयामास हर्षितः
tato hāṭakamādāya tadākāraṃ pitāmahaḥ | kṛtvā liṃgaṃ svayaṃ tatra sthāpayāmāsa harṣitaḥ
അതിനുശേഷം പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) സ്വർണം എടുത്ത് അതേ രൂപത്തിലുള്ള ലിംഗം നിർമ്മിച്ച്, ആനന്ദത്തോടെ സ്വഹസ്തങ്ങളാൽ അവിടെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു.
Narrator (Sūta continuing)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Brahmā, radiant and delighted, shapes a liṅga from gold in the same form and installs it with his own hands upon a pedestal.
FAQs
Offering one’s best resources in service—crafting and establishing a liṅga—becomes a powerful act of dharma and devotion.
The place where the golden liṅga is installed—later associated with the name Hāṭakeśvara.
Making a liṅga (here of gold) and installing it (pratiṣṭhā) at the sacred site.