Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
भानुमत्या च गौरीणां स्थापितं च चतुष्टयम् । विदुरेणाथ शल्येन कलिं गेन युयुत्सुना
bhānumatyā ca gaurīṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ ca catuṣṭayam | vidureṇātha śalyena kaliṃ gena yuyutsunā
ภาณุมตีก็ได้สถาปนาลึงค์สี่องค์แด่พระคุรีทั้งหลาย; และวิฑูระ ต่อมาศัลยะ กะลิงคะ และยุยุตสุ ก็ได้สถาปนา (ลึงค์) เช่นกัน
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Bhānumatī installs four Gaurī icons/altars; nearby, Vidura, Śalya, Kaliṅga, and Yuyutsu each perform liṅga worship, creating a bustling sacred complex of multiple shrines.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is shown through a constellation of Śiva-Śakti worship—multiple consecrations by many devotees create a living sacred landscape.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting continues in Adhyāya 74.
Consecration/ स्थापना of groups of shrines (a catuṣṭaya) and individual installations by named devotees.