Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
एवमुक्त्वा त्रिनेत्रस्तु तत्रैवादर्शनं गतः । तेऽपि तत्राश्रमं कृत्वा श्रद्धया परया युताः । मूर्तीश्च ताः समाराध्य संप्राप्ताः परमं पदम्
evamuktvā trinetrastu tatraivādarśanaṃ gataḥ | te'pi tatrāśramaṃ kṛtvā śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ | mūrtīśca tāḥ samārādhya saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ padam
இவ்வாறு கூறி திரிநேத்திரப் பெருமான் அங்கேயே மறைந்தருளினார். அந்தத் தபஸ்விகள் பரம பக்தியுடன் அங்கே ஆசிரமம் அமைத்து அந்த மூர்த்திகளை வழிபட்டு பரம பதத்தை அடைந்தனர்.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; Śiva is referenced as Tri-netra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of twice-born)
Scene: Śiva (Trinetra) speaks to ascetics and then becomes invisible at the very spot; the ascetics build a simple forest āśrama and worship multiple Śaiva forms (mūrtis), culminating in ascent to the highest abode.
FAQs
Steady life of faith and worship at a sanctified kṣetra culminates in the supreme spiritual attainment.
The same locale of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (with the associated tīrtha setting) where the ascetics establish an āśrama.
Founding an āśrama and performing sustained worship (samārādhana) of the established forms.