Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
एवं स निश्चयं कृत्वा प्रासादानां च पंचकम् । स्थापयामास सद्भक्त्या रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः
evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā prāsādānāṃ ca paṃcakam | sthāpayāmāsa sadbhaktyā rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
ครั้นทรงตั้งปณิธานดังนี้แล้ว พระรามผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่นักถือศัสตรา ได้สถาปนาปราสาท-เทวาลัยทั้งห้าด้วยภักติอันแท้จริง
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Rāmeśvara–Lakṣmaṇeśvara tīrtha (pañca-prāsāda tradition)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Rāma, resolute and devout, oversees the establishment of five prāsādas—workers lifting carved stones, priests marking the ground-plan, banners and kalaśas atop rising shrines—while Rāma stands as the exemplary warrior turned temple-founder.
FAQs
Firm resolve joined with devotion turns righteous power into public spiritual benefit through temple-building.
The tīrtha-kṣetra where Rāma establishes a pañcaka (set of five) prāsādas, marking it as a prominent pilgrimage complex.
Prāsāda-sthāpana (establishing temples) motivated by sad-bhakti.