Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
निवेश्य च तथा दिव्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो न्यवेदयत् । एतद्देवत्रयं क्षेत्रे युष्माकं हि मया कृतम् । भवद्भिः सकला चास्य चिन्ताकार्या सदैव हि
niveśya ca tathā divyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayat | etaddevatrayaṃ kṣetre yuṣmākaṃ hi mayā kṛtam | bhavadbhiḥ sakalā cāsya cintākāryā sadaiva hi
अशा रीतीने दिव्य प्रतिष्ठा करून त्याने ब्राह्मणांना कळविले— “या क्षेत्रात हे देवत्रय मी तुमच्यासाठी स्थापिले आहे. म्हणून तुम्ही सर्वांनी याची पूर्ण काळजी व व्यवस्था सदैव करावी.”
Vidura (speaking to the brāhmaṇas, per verse content)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The patron addresses assembled brāhmaṇas before the newly established shrines, formally entrusting them with the triad’s care; priests hold scriptures and keys, while lamps burn steadily.
FAQs
Consecration is not the end—ongoing stewardship of a sacred site is itself dharma and sustains the kṣetra’s auspicious power.
The kṣetra where the Devatraya has been installed (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context in Adhyāya 59).
Delegation of continual service: regular care, protection, and ritual attention for the installed Devatraya.