Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्ठोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः । कंसारीश्वरसंज्ञस्तु यथा जातस्तु पापहा । स्थापितः पिप्पलादेन स्वयं चैव महात्मना
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭho'smi dvijottamāḥ | kaṃsārīśvarasaṃjñastu yathā jātastu pāpahā | sthāpitaḥ pippalādena svayaṃ caiva mahātmanā
“Wahai para brāhmaṇa yang utama, segala yang kamu tanyakan telah aku khabarkan: bagaimana Tuhan dikenali sebagai Kaṃsārīśvara, penghapus dosa, dan bagaimana Baginda ditegakkan oleh Pippalāda sendiri, sang mahātmā.”
Contextual narrator concluding the account (speaker not explicitly marked in this verse; narrative voice summarizing)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A learned narrator concludes the account before assembled brāhmaṇas: the Kaṃsārīśvara liṅga stands adorned; Pippalāda is shown as the installer, holding kuśa and kamaṇḍalu, with ritual vessels and bilva leaves nearby.
FAQs
A consecrated Śiva presence at a tīrtha becomes a pāpahā (sin-remover) through sincere establishment and enduring tradition.
Kaṃsārīśvara—an established Liṅga-tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
The verse summarizes the origin and establishment (sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) of the Liṅga rather than prescribing a new rite.