Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
यैर्येर्नरैर्निशेशस्य प्रासादो विहितः क्षितौ । तेते मुक्तिपदं प्राप्ताः कृत्वाऽथ शुभसंचयम्
yairyernarairniśeśasya prāsādo vihitaḥ kṣitau | tete muktipadaṃ prāptāḥ kṛtvā'tha śubhasaṃcayam
Sesiapa yang membina di bumi sebuah kuil-istananya bagi Tuhan Malam, merekalah yang mencapai darjat moksha, setelah menghimpun simpanan pahala yang suci dan bertuah.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Niśeśa/Soma-prāsāda (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/dvijas
Scene: A completed Soma-prāsāda gleams under moonlight; the donor-family stands with folded hands as priests perform consecration; a subtle symbolic ascent (light path) suggests liberation attained through śubha-saṃcaya.
FAQs
Selfless sacred construction dedicated to the deity becomes a direct cause for great merit culminating in liberation.
The tīrtha context is Candra/Soma-centered; the verse highlights the act (Candra-prāsāda construction) more than a named geography.
Constructing a prāsāda for Candra as a highly meritorious dharmic offering.