Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
अश्वत्थाम्ना पृथक्त्वेन लिङ्गमेकैकमुत्तमम् । स्थापितं परया भक्त्या वरप्रासादमाश्रितम्
aśvatthāmnā pṛthaktvena liṅgamekaikamuttamam | sthāpitaṃ parayā bhaktyā varaprāsādamāśritam
Aśvatthāman, riêng từng nơi, đã an lập mỗi liṅga tối thượng với lòng sùng kính tột bậc, tôn trí trong ngôi đền huy hoàng.
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: temple
Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages/Brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Aśvatthāman, alone and intent, installs an excellent liṅga with intense devotion inside a splendid temple, with towering pillars, blazing lamps, and a sense of solemn resolve.
FAQs
The text elevates bhakti as the true purifier: sincere devotion expressed through consecration and temple-building becomes a foremost dharmic offering.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Establishing liṅgas individually and enshrining them in prāsādas is presented as the key act.