Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
स्थानेऽस्मिन् देवदेवेश मम नाम्ना महेश्वरः । एवं भवतु ते पुत्रेत्युक्त्वा चान्तरधीयत
sthāne'smin devadeveśa mama nāmnā maheśvaraḥ | evaṃ bhavatu te putretyuktvā cāntaradhīyata
“اسی مقام پر، اے دیوتاؤں کے دیویش، میرے نام سے مہیشور (لِنگ) قائم ہو۔” یہ کہہ کر، “یوں ہی ہو، اے میرے بیٹے،” وہ نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گئے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration after Śiva’s response)
Tirtha: Maṅgaleśvara (Maheśvara bearing Maṅgala’s name)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva grants the request that a Maheśvara at this place bear Maṅgala’s name; then Śiva fades (antaradhīyate) into light, leaving a sanctified liṅga/spot by the river.
FAQs
A sacred place becomes spiritually potent through Śiva’s sanction and naming; divine approval establishes enduring tīrtha-glory.
The Māṅgaleśvara shrine (Maheśvara named after Maṅgala) in the Revā-khaṇḍa sacred geography.
Implicitly the establishment of a liṅga (pratiṣṭhā) at the place; detailed prescriptions appear in subsequent verses.