अश्वत्थाम्ना पृथक्त्वेन लिङ्गमेकैकमुत्तमम् । स्थापितं परया भक्त्या वरप्रासादमाश्रितम्
aśvatthāmnā pṛthaktvena liṅgamekaikamuttamam | sthāpitaṃ parayā bhaktyā varaprāsādamāśritam
ଅଶ୍ୱତ୍ଥାମା ପୃଥକ୍ ପୃଥକ୍ ଏକେକ ଉତ୍ତମ ଲିଙ୍ଗକୁ ପରମ ଭକ୍ତିରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କଲେ; ତାହା ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପ୍ରାସାଦ (ମନ୍ଦିର)ରେ ଆଶ୍ରିତ ଥିଲା।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Aśvatthāman, alone and intent, installs an excellent liṅga with intense devotion inside a splendid temple, with towering pillars, blazing lamps, and a sense of solemn resolve.
The text elevates bhakti as the true purifier: sincere devotion expressed through consecration and temple-building becomes a foremost dharmic offering.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Establishing liṅgas individually and enshrining them in prāsādas is presented as the key act.