Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्ठोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः । कंसारीश्वरसंज्ञस्तु यथा जातस्तु पापहा । स्थापितः पिप्पलादेन स्वयं चैव महात्मना
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭho'smi dvijottamāḥ | kaṃsārīśvarasaṃjñastu yathā jātastu pāpahā | sthāpitaḥ pippalādena svayaṃ caiva mahātmanā
اے برہمنوں کے سردارو! جو کچھ تم نے پوچھا تھا وہ سب میں نے بیان کر دیا—کہ کس طرح بھگوان ‘کَنساریشور’ کے نام سے، گناہوں کو دور کرنے والے کے طور پر مشہور ہوئے، اور کس طرح اسی مہاتما پِپّلاد نے خود ان کی پرتیِشٹھا کی۔
Contextual narrator concluding the account (speaker not explicitly marked in this verse; narrative voice summarizing)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A learned narrator concludes the account before assembled brāhmaṇas: the Kaṃsārīśvara liṅga stands adorned; Pippalāda is shown as the installer, holding kuśa and kamaṇḍalu, with ritual vessels and bilva leaves nearby.
FAQs
A consecrated Śiva presence at a tīrtha becomes a pāpahā (sin-remover) through sincere establishment and enduring tradition.
Kaṃsārīśvara—an established Liṅga-tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
The verse summarizes the origin and establishment (sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) of the Liṅga rather than prescribing a new rite.