Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
ततःप्रभृति लोकेऽत्र देवदेवो महेश्वरः । तादृशेनैव रूपेण स्थाप्यते भूतले जनैः
tataḥprabhṛti loke'tra devadevo maheśvaraḥ | tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpyate bhūtale janaiḥ
അന്നുമുതൽ ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ ദേവദേവനായ മഹേശ്വരൻ ജനങ്ങൾ ഭൂതലത്തിൽ അതേ രൂപത്തിൽ തന്നെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നു.
Narrator
Tirtha: Maheśvara-sthāpana sthala (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: People install Maheśvara on earth in the same distinctive form as revealed in the legend; a consecration scene with priests, vessels, and devotees.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred history legitimizes living ritual tradition—iconic forms are preserved as channels of grace.
The verse generalizes “in this world”; the specific tīrtha remains unstated in this line.
Installing Maheśvara in the same described form (a specific iconographic mūrti-pratiṣṭhā tradition).