Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य स्तंभाग्रतसतं च संस्थापय शिवात्मज । एवमुक्ते सुरैः स्कन्दस्ततेत्याह महामनाः
tasya staṃbhāgratasataṃ ca saṃsthāpaya śivātmaja | evamukte suraiḥ skandastatetyāha mahāmanāḥ
हे शिवपुत्रा, त्या स्तंभावरच्या अग्रभागी शंभर चिन्हे स्थाप. देवांनी असे सांगितल्यावर महात्मा स्कंद म्हणाला—“तथास्तु।”
Sūta (narrating dialogue) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Jaya-stambha (Victory Pillar) setting (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda, addressed by the assembled gods, calmly accepts the command to establish a hundred emblems before the pillar; the moment is one of solemn resolve amid a sanctified battlefield.
FAQs
Skanda’s readiness to uphold sacred order shows that divine power is expressed through establishing dharmic institutions for the world’s welfare.
The ritual layout before the victory-pillar forms part of the Stambheśvara sacred precinct being sanctified.
The installation (saṃsthāpana) of a prescribed number of sacred markers/emblems before the pillar.