Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
प्रासादस्त्वंबरीषेण भूभुजा स विनिर्मितः । कथंचित्समयं प्राप्य यथोक्तं शास्त्रचिंतकैः
prāsādastvaṃbarīṣeṇa bhūbhujā sa vinirmitaḥ | kathaṃcitsamayaṃ prāpya yathoktaṃ śāstraciṃtakaiḥ
हा प्रासाद भूभुज राजा अंबरीषाने बांधला. योग्य समय मिळताच शास्त्रचिंतकांच्या विधानाप्रमाणे त्याने यथाविधि निर्माण केले.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Rātrinātha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (implied continuing audience)
Scene: King Ambarīṣa overseeing temple construction: architects with palm-leaf plans, craftsmen carving pillars, brāhmaṇa advisors indicating śāstric measurements; the rising prāsāda within the kṣetra.
FAQs
Temple-building becomes a dharmic act when done with śraddhā and in accordance with śāstric injunctions.
The temple within the Rātrinātha/Hāṭakeśvara sacred precinct described in the Soma-prāsāda māhātmya.
Construction is to be done “yathoktaṃ”—as laid down by śāstra experts (implying vāstu/āgamic conformity).