Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
एवमस्त्विति सा कांता लिंगमादाय रत्नजम् । नाट्यमण्डपिकास्तंभे निधाय प्राविशद्गृहम्
evamastviti sā kāṃtā liṃgamādāya ratnajam | nāṭyamaṇḍapikāstaṃbhe nidhāya prāviśadgṛham
“एवमस्तु” असे म्हणत ती प्रिया रत्नोत्पन्न लिंग घेऊन नाट्य-मंडपिकेच्या स्तंभावर ठेवून मग घरात प्रविष्ट झाली।
Narrator (speaker not explicit in verse snippet)
Scene: A woman (kāntā) discreetly carries a jewel-like Liṅga and inserts it into a pillar inside a small theatre pavilion; lamplight, carved wooden/stone pillar, hush of secrecy, then she turns toward the inner house.
FAQs
Responsibility begins with practical care; safeguarding what is sacred is part of righteous conduct.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the setting is a nāṭyamaṇḍapikā (pavilion) within a narrative.
No ritual; it describes the act of depositing (nidhāna) the liṅga for protection.