Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
एवमुक्त्वा समादाय तां शक्तिं रुधिरोक्षिताम् । चक्रे स्थापनमस्यास्तु रक्तशृङ्गस्य मूर्धनि
evamuktvā samādāya tāṃ śaktiṃ rudhirokṣitām | cakre sthāpanamasyāstu raktaśṛṅgasya mūrdhani
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് രക്തം തളിച്ച ആ ശക്തി (കുന്തം) എടുത്ത്, രക്തശൃംഗത്തിന്റെ ശിഖരത്തിൽ അതിനെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual; likely Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Raktaśṛṅga
Type: peak
Scene: After speaking, the figure lifts a spear/śakti stained with blood and plants it firmly on the red-crested summit of Raktaśṛṅga, as if pinning divine power into the earth.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is often anchored by a divine ‘installation’ (pratiṣṭhā) that marks the place as eternally protected.
Raktaśṛṅga—its summit is sanctified by the placement of Skanda’s śakti.
A divine form of pratiṣṭhā (installation) is described; it implies the site’s later worship traditions.