Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
स्वनामांका तत्र दुर्गा तथा संस्थापिता तया । ततस्तु तद्धनं ताभ्यां किचिच्छेषं व्यवस्थितम्
svanāmāṃkā tatra durgā tathā saṃsthāpitā tayā | tatastu taddhanaṃ tābhyāṃ kiciccheṣaṃ vyavasthitam
तत्र सा स्वनामाङ्कां दुर्गां संस्थापयामास। ततः परं तयोर्धनात् किञ्चित् शेषं ताभ्यां व्यवस्थितं कृतम्।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgarakhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nimbēśvara with Devī-śrī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śākaṃbharī installs a Durgā image bearing her own name; the couple’s wealth is nearly exhausted, with only a small remainder kept for sustenance.
FAQs
Using one’s resources to establish and honor the Divine is praised as a dhārmic use of wealth.
The setting is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya milieu, linked with Nimbēśvara–Śākaṃbharī traditions.
Deity installation (saṃsthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) is indicated, implying worship arrangements and ongoing pūjā.
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