Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
जालं तस्य प्रभूतेन जीर्णकालेन यत्तदा । ध्वजा बद्धा यतो जालैः प्रासादे सा शुभेऽभवत्
jālaṃ tasya prabhūtena jīrṇakālena yattadā | dhvajā baddhā yato jālaiḥ prāsāde sā śubhe'bhavat
Dan jala itu, setelah masa yang panjang berlalu hingga menjadi usang, dengan jerat-jeratnya mengikat panji; maka panji di atas kuil-istana itu pun menjadi bertuah.
Śiva (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: An aged net, sun-bleached and timeworn, has become entwined around the temple flag; the flag now looks fuller and auspicious, fluttering with the net’s mesh like a sacred garland.
FAQs
Objects unintentionally associated with the shrine can be reinterpreted as auspicious, showing the sanctifying power of sacred place and symbol.
The Śaiva sacred setting praised under Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, emphasizing the holiness of the shrine and its dhvaja.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies the dhvaja (temple flag) as a bearer of auspiciousness and merit.