Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
ततस्तु धारया तस्याः कैलासशिखरोपमः । प्रासादो निर्मितो विप्रा नानारत्नविचित्रितः
tatastu dhārayā tasyāḥ kailāsaśikharopamaḥ | prāsādo nirmito viprā nānāratnavicitritaḥ
پھر دھارا نے اس کے لیے کیلاش کی چوٹی کے مانند ایک محل تعمیر کرایا، اے برہمنو، جو طرح طرح کے جواہرات سے آراستہ تھا۔
Narrator (addressing viprāḥ)
Tirtha: Devī-prāsāda at Sarasvatī-taṭa (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ explicitly addressed)
Scene: A magnificent prāsāda rising near the sacred bank—white like Kailāsa, tiered and gleaming, inlaid with many jewels; artisans at work; Dhārā overseeing; the Devī’s presence sanctifying the structure; brāhmaṇas witnessing in awe.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself through sacred building—creating a worthy abode for the divine becomes a meritorious act within tīrtha-dharma.
The verse highlights a prāsāda within the adhyāya’s tīrtha setting; the broader context remains Śaṅkhatīrtha/Sarasvatī-bank sacred region.
No direct prescription, but it implies prāsāda-nirmāṇa (building a shrine/temple) as a devotional offering.