Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
स्वनामांका तत्र दुर्गा तथा संस्थापिता तया । ततस्तु तद्धनं ताभ्यां किचिच्छेषं व्यवस्थितम्
svanāmāṃkā tatra durgā tathā saṃsthāpitā tayā | tatastu taddhanaṃ tābhyāṃ kiciccheṣaṃ vyavasthitam
وہاں اس نے اپنے ہی نام سے منسوب دُرگا دیوی کو بھی سthاپت کیا۔ پھر ان دونوں نے اپنے مال میں سے بس تھوڑا سا حصہ باقی رکھ لیا۔
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgarakhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nimbēśvara with Devī-śrī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śākaṃbharī installs a Durgā image bearing her own name; the couple’s wealth is nearly exhausted, with only a small remainder kept for sustenance.
FAQs
Using one’s resources to establish and honor the Divine is praised as a dhārmic use of wealth.
The setting is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya milieu, linked with Nimbēśvara–Śākaṃbharī traditions.
Deity installation (saṃsthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) is indicated, implying worship arrangements and ongoing pūjā.