Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55
एवमस्त्विति सा कांता लिंगमादाय रत्नजम् । नाट्यमण्डपिकास्तंभे निधाय प्राविशद्गृहम्
evamastviti sā kāṃtā liṃgamādāya ratnajam | nāṭyamaṇḍapikāstaṃbhe nidhāya prāviśadgṛham
“ஏவமஸ்து” எனக் கூறி, அந்தப் பிரியை ரத்தினத்தில் தோன்றிய லிங்கத்தை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு, நாட்ய-மண்டபிகையின் தூணில் வைத்து, பின்னர் இல்லத்துள் நுழைந்தாள்।
Narrator (speaker not explicit in verse snippet)
Scene: A woman (kāntā) discreetly carries a jewel-like Liṅga and inserts it into a pillar inside a small theatre pavilion; lamplight, carved wooden/stone pillar, hush of secrecy, then she turns toward the inner house.
FAQs
Responsibility begins with practical care; safeguarding what is sacred is part of righteous conduct.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the setting is a nāṭyamaṇḍapikā (pavilion) within a narrative.
No ritual; it describes the act of depositing (nidhāna) the liṅga for protection.