Skandapurana 16.367.p25

16.367.p25

23 candreṇa śivadattaṃ liṃgaṃ gṛhītvā viśvakarmaṇe liṃgasthāpanāyājñākaraṇam, tataḥ svalokaṃ gatvā prabhāse yajñaṃ kartuṃ yajñasaṃbhārānānetuṃ hemagarbhamantriṇe candreṇājñāpanam, candravacanāddhemagarbhamantriṇā yajñasaṃbhārānsaṃpādya prabhāsakṣetre gamanam, viśvakarmaṇā yajñaśālāpatnīśālādinirmāṇam, tataścandreṇa brahmādibhiḥ saha yajñakuṇḍānnirmāya caturdaśabhūtagrāmānsādhyānviśvedevānvasvādīṃśca svasvasthāneṣu sthāpayitvā yajñakarmaṇi prārabdhe sarvavastūnāmanyūnatayā sarveṣāṃ tṛptikaraṇam, ṛtvigādīnsaṃsthāpya rohiṇī- sahitaṃ candraṃ dīkṣitaṃ kṛtvā sāvitryā sahitena brahmaṇā sarvartvigvaraṇaṃ kṛtvā bṛhaspataye hotṛtvaṃ vasiṣṭhāyādhvaryutvaṃ marīcaya udgātṛtvaṃ nāradāya brahmatvaṃ dattvā sanatkumārānsadasyasthāneṣu niyojya sarveṣāṃ pūjanaṃ kṛtvā vastrālaṃkārāndattvā yajñāraṃbhakaraṇam, avabhṛthādibhiryajñaṃ samāpya someśvaraliṃgasthāpanam... .... 37 2

23. The Moon, having taken the liṅga given by Śiva, giving the command to Viśvakarman for installing the liṅga; then, having gone to his own realm, the Moon instructing his minister Hemagarbha to bring the sacrificial provisions to perform a sacrifice at Prabhāsa; by the word of the Moon, the minister Hemagarbha having procured the sacrificial provisions and gone to the Prabhāsa sacred field; the construction of the sacrificial hall, the hall of the wife, and the like by Viśvakarman; then, the Moon, having fashioned the sacrificial pits along with Brahmā and others, and having placed the fourteen classes of beings, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the Vasus, and others in their respective places, when the sacrificial rite was begun, satisfying everyone through the abundance of all things; having established the sacrificial priests and others, having consecrated the Moon accompanied by Rohiṇī, Brahmā accompanied by Sāvitrī having performed the selection of all the sacrificial priests, giving the office of hotṛ to Bṛhaspati, the office of adhvaryu to Vasiṣṭha, the office of udgātṛ to Marīci, the office of brahman to Nārada, appointing the Sanatkumāras to the places of sadasyas, having worshipped them all, and having given garments and ornaments, beginning the sacrifice; having completed the sacrifice with the avabhṛtha bath and other rites, the installation of the Someśvara liṅga... 37 2