Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
वैशाखस्य तृतीयायां शुक्लायां रोहिणीषु च । तत्पदं निहितं तत्र वास्तोस्तेन महात्मना
vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklāyāṃ rohiṇīṣu ca | tatpadaṃ nihitaṃ tatra vāstostena mahātmanā
वैशाखमासस्य शुक्लपक्षे तृतीयायां तिथौ रोहिणीनक्षत्रे च प्रवर्तमाने, तत्र महात्मना तेन वास्तोः पवित्रं पदं निहितं प्रतिष्ठापितं च।
Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Vāstu-pada-sthāpana locus)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/‘dvijasattamāḥ’ (assembly at Naimiṣa)
Scene: A consecration scene: a great-souled founder establishes the Vāstu-pada on sanctified ground under a bright lunar fortnight; priests mark a square mandala, place ritual pots, and invoke deities of directions while Rohiṇī shines overhead.
FAQs
Dharma recognizes sacred time as well as sacred place; auspicious calendrical moments support consecration.
The locale within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra where the Vāstu-pada was ritually established.
Establishing/placing the Vāstu-pada on Vaiśākha bright Tṛtīyā under Rohiṇī—an auspicious timing cue for Vāstu rites.