Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
शशिनाभूषितो यस्मात्तेनाहं शशिभूषणः । तत्र स्थाने स्थितोऽद्यापि स्वयंभूर्लिंगमूर्त्तिमान्
śaśinābhūṣito yasmāttenāhaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ | tatra sthāne sthito'dyāpi svayaṃbhūrliṃgamūrttimān
ولأنني مُزَيَّنٌ بالقمر، فلذلك أُدعَى «شَشِبْهُوشَنَة»، أي “مَن زينتُه القمر”. وفي ذلك الموضع بعينه ما زلتُ إلى اليوم قائمًا، متجلّيًا بذاتي، متجسّدًا في هيئة اللِّينغا.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Somnātha (Svayambhū Liṅga) at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, crowned with the crescent moon, indicates the self-manifest liṅga at Prabhāsa; the liṅga radiates subtle light, suggesting svayambhū emergence from the earth/stone.
FAQs
The divine is approachable through sacred form: Śiva’s cosmic identity is accessible at a concrete tīrtha as a self-manifest liṅga.
Prabhāsakṣetra is indicated as the ‘place’ where Śiva abides as a svayaṃbhū liṅga, central to the Prabhāsa māhātmya.
Implicitly, liṅga-darśana and liṅga-pūjā are supported by the statement of Śiva’s abiding presence, though no procedure is detailed.