विश्वकर्म्मोवाच । अहं सोमनियुक्तस्तु युक्तोऽस्मि लिंगरक्षणे । तदाज्ञापालने यत्नः क्रियतेऽतो मया द्विजाः
viśvakarmmovāca | ahaṃ somaniyuktastu yukto'smi liṃgarakṣaṇe | tadājñāpālane yatnaḥ kriyate'to mayā dvijāḥ
विश्वकर्मा म्हणाला— “मी सोमाने नेमलेला आहे; म्हणून लिंगरक्षणाच्या कार्यात नियुक्त आहे. त्या आज्ञेचे पालन व्हावे म्हणून मी प्रयत्न करीत आहे, हे द्विजहो।”
Viśvakarman
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (liṅga-rakṣaṇa episode)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛtvijas
Scene: Viśvakarman speaks calmly yet firmly to the brāhmaṇas, indicating the liṅga he guards; behind him stand ranks of artisans, ready to build, repair, and defend the sacred precinct.
Protecting sacred embodiments of the divine is itself dharma; obedience to righteous divine injunction is portrayed as meritorious service.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the liṅga is safeguarded as part of the tīrtha’s sanctity.
Liṅga-rakṣaṇa (guarding/protecting the liṅga) as a necessary duty supporting sanctity and ritual order.