Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
यः पुनर्भूपतिर्भूत्वा पृथ्वीं दद्याद्धिरण्मयीम् । गौतमेश्वरदेवस्य पुरतः श्रद्धयान्वितः । चक्रवर्ती भवेन्नूनमेवमाह पितामहः
yaḥ punarbhūpatirbhūtvā pṛthvīṃ dadyāddhiraṇmayīm | gautameśvaradevasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ | cakravartī bhavennūnamevamāha pitāmahaḥ
لیکن جو شخص بادشاہ بن کر، عقیدت کے ساتھ بھگوان گوتَمیشور کے حضور “سنہری زمین” (علامتی طور پر ساری دھرتی کا دان) پیش کرے، وہ یقیناً چکرورتی ہو جاتا ہے؛ یوں پِتامہہ برہما نے فرمایا۔
Bhartṛyajña
Tirtha: Gautameśvara
Type: temple
Scene: A king offers a golden model of the earth (a globe/map-like disc or miniature continents) at the feet of the Gautameśvara liṅga; priests conduct rites; Brahmā’s approving presence is hinted in the sky, signifying scriptural authority.
FAQs
Kingship attains legitimacy and expansion through faith-filled sacrifice and symbolic surrender of worldly possession at a sacred Śiva presence.
Gautameśvara-deva’s sacred presence (Gautameśvara shrine/tīrtha) is the focal locus for the described gift.
Offer a symbolic ‘golden earth’ (pṛthvī-dāna) before Gautameśvara with śraddhā to gain cakravartin status.