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
اس نے وسیع زمین کو پرسادوں (معبدوں) سے خالی دیکھا؛ پس، اے برہمنوں میں برتر، اسی مقدس کھیتر میں پرساد (مندر) بنانے کا ارادہ باندھا۔
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.