गुहामध्यं प्रविष्टोऽसौ योगाभ्यासमुपाश्रितः । लिङ्गं तु स्थापितं तेन मार्कण्डेश्वरसंज्ञितम्
guhāmadhyaṃ praviṣṭo'sau yogābhyāsamupāśritaḥ | liṅgaṃ tu sthāpitaṃ tena mārkaṇḍeśvarasaṃjñitam
तो गुहेच्या आत प्रवेश करून योगाभ्यासाचा आश्रय घेतला. तेथे त्याने लिंगाची स्थापना केली; ते ‘मार्कंडेश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाले.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing the reply)
Tirtha: Mārkaṇḍeśvara
Type: cave
Listener: Uttānapāda
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya enters deep into a cave, seated in yogic posture; beside him a newly established liṅga on a stone pedestal, with subtle offerings and a calm, charged atmosphere.
Inner discipline (yoga) and outer consecration (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) together generate enduring sacred power in a place.
The cave-shrine where Mārkaṇḍeya established the Mārkaṇḍeśvara liṅga.
Liṅga स्थापना (pratiṣṭhā/installation) is referenced as the founding act of the shrine.