Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । दृष्ट्वा प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता । स्वमातुः शुद्धिहेतोः स तन्नाम्ना लिंगमुत्तमम्
sūta uvāca | dṛṣṭvā pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ yājñavalkyena dhīmatā | svamātuḥ śuddhihetoḥ sa tannāmnā liṃgamuttamam
सूत म्हणाले—धीर याज्ञवल्क्याने आपल्या मातृशुद्धीसाठी जे लिंग प्रतिष्ठित केले होते, ते पाहून त्याने त्याच नावाने त्या उत्तम लिंगाची कीर्ती केली।
Sūta
Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Yājñavalkya, austere and radiant, stands before a newly established Śiva-liṅga; the mood is solemn and compassionate, with an implied maternal figure or symbolic ‘mother’s purification’ motif (water-vessel, white cloth, lamps).
FAQs
Acts of devotion performed with filial responsibility (seeking a parent’s purification) become sanctifying for both family and place.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting where Yājñavalkya’s consecrated liṅga is revered.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (consecratory establishment) undertaken with a purificatory intention.