Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
तस्य स्तंभाग्रतसतं च संस्थापय शिवात्मज । एवमुक्ते सुरैः स्कन्दस्ततेत्याह महामनाः
tasya staṃbhāgratasataṃ ca saṃsthāpaya śivātmaja | evamukte suraiḥ skandastatetyāha mahāmanāḥ
O anak ni Śiva, itatag mo ang isang daang (sagisag) sa harap ng haliging iyon. Nang masabi ito ng mga diyos, si Skanda na dakila ang loob ay sumagot, “Mangyari nawa.”
Sūta (narrating dialogue) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Jaya-stambha (Victory Pillar) setting (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda, addressed by the assembled gods, calmly accepts the command to establish a hundred emblems before the pillar; the moment is one of solemn resolve amid a sanctified battlefield.
FAQs
Skanda’s readiness to uphold sacred order shows that divine power is expressed through establishing dharmic institutions for the world’s welfare.
The ritual layout before the victory-pillar forms part of the Stambheśvara sacred precinct being sanctified.
The installation (saṃsthāpana) of a prescribed number of sacred markers/emblems before the pillar.