शतपाषाणकं हर्म्यं यः करोति महन्नृप । मन्दिरं सुन्दरं शुभ्रं स याति हरिमन्दिरम्
śatapāṣāṇakaṃ harmyaṃ yaḥ karoti mahannṛpa | mandiraṃ sundaraṃ śubhraṃ sa yāti harimandiram
اے عظیم بادشاہ! جو شخص سو پتھروں سے بنا ہوا خوبصورت، پاکیزہ اور مبارک مندر-گھر تعمیر کرتا ہے، وہ ہری کے دھام، ہری مندر، کو پہنچتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; addressing a king within the māhātmya narrative)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Great king (mahannṛpa)
Scene: A bright white, beautiful stone temple of a hundred stones rises; artisans polish and wash it; the donor offers garlands; a visionary hint of Hari’s celestial abode appears as a luminous backdrop.
Large, pure-hearted service to the deity through temple-building becomes a direct cause for attaining the Lord’s supreme abode.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, praised as a place where temple-service yields exceptional fruit.
Building a well-made, clean, beautiful temple (here described as constructed with one hundred stones).