Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
स दृष्ट्वा विपुलां भूमिं प्रासादैः परिवर्जिताम् । प्रासादार्थं मतिं चक्रे तत्र क्षेत्रे द्विजोत्तमाः
sa dṛṣṭvā vipulāṃ bhūmiṃ prāsādaiḥ parivarjitām | prāsādārthaṃ matiṃ cakre tatra kṣetre dvijottamāḥ
ครั้นทอดพระเนตรผืนแผ่นดินกว้างใหญ่ที่ปราศจากปราสาทเทวสถาน พระองค์จึงดำริ—โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ—จะสร้างปราสาท (วิหาร) ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: The king surveys an expansive, empty sacred plain—no spires, no gateways—then inwardly forms a resolve; the future temple is envisioned as a luminous outline above the ground.
FAQs
Creating or restoring temple infrastructure is framed as a dharmic service that re-manifests the sanctity of a kṣetra for future pilgrims.
The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa liṅga-kṣetra/ādyatīrtha region that had become obscured and is now targeted for renewal.
Temple construction (prāsāda-nirmāṇa) is introduced as the intended sacred act.