Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
ततश्चाराधयामास सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्विता । अंबिकां सा तदा देवीं स्थापयित्वा सुरेश्वरीम्
tataścārādhayāmāsa samyakchraddhāsamanvitā | aṃbikāṃ sā tadā devīṃ sthāpayitvā sureśvarīm
അനന്തരം ദൃഢശ്രദ്ധയോടെ അവൾ സമ്യകമായി ആരാധിച്ചു; അവിടെ ദേവാധീശ്വരിയായ അംബികാദേവിയെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In a sacred clearing or temple site, the woman installs Ambikā—an image or symbol—then begins worship with focused faith; the atmosphere shifts from grief to sanctification.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faith) joined with correct worship turns a holy place into a living meeting-point with the Divine Mother.
The kṣetra of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is highlighted as the setting where Ambikā is स्थापित (installed) and worshipped.
Devī-sthāpana (establishing/installing the Goddess) followed by proper ārādhanā (worship) with faith.