Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
जयंति ये रणे शत्रूंस्तैः कार्यः स्तंभचिह्नकः । तस्मात्तव जयोद्द्योतनिमित्तं स्तंममुत्तमम्
jayaṃti ye raṇe śatrūṃstaiḥ kāryaḥ staṃbhacihnakaḥ | tasmāttava jayoddyotanimittaṃ staṃmamuttamam
जे रणांगणात शत्रूंवर जय मिळवितात, त्यांनी विजयचिन्हरूप स्तंभ उभारावा. म्हणून तुमच्या जयघोषासाठी हा उत्तम विजयस्तंभ उभारूया.
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (narrator) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Kumāreśa (associated victory-sthambha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame audience (implied).
Scene: A tall, newly raised victory-pillar near the shrine; artisans and devas oversee; Skanda’s triumph is symbolically proclaimed; banners flutter; the pillar bears auspicious emblems.
FAQs
Victory is to be consecrated through a dharmic public act—raising a sacred marker that turns worldly triumph into a remembered, sanctified event.
The passage prepares for the consecration of the Stambheśvara shrine/locale (the ‘Lord of the Pillar’) within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.
The prescription is the establishment of a stambha (victory pillar) as a formal sign of victory.