Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
कौबेरात्पश्चिमे भागे सोमनाथेति विश्रुतम् । संपूज्य च यथेशानं न्यंकुमत्यास्तटे शुभे । स्तोत्रेणानेन चास्तौषीद्भक्त्या तं सर्वकामदम्
kauberātpaścime bhāge somanātheti viśrutam | saṃpūjya ca yatheśānaṃ nyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe | stotreṇānena cāstauṣīdbhaktyā taṃ sarvakāmadam
وإلى الغرب من «كاوبيرا» موضعٌ مشهورٌ باسم «سوماناثا». هناك، على الضفةِ المباركةِ لنهر نيَنكوماتي، وبعد أن عبدَ «إيشانا» كما يليق، سبّحه بهذه الترتيلة بخشوعٍ ومحبةٍ—ذلك الربّ الذي يهبُ جميعَ المرغوبات.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Somanātha (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Kubera moves from the Kaubera liṅga to the west, arriving at the grand Somnātha shrine by the river; he offers abhiṣeka and flowers, then stands with folded hands reciting a hymn to Īśāna, the wish-fulfilling Lord.
FAQs
Devotional praise (stotra) offered after proper worship in a holy place becomes a direct means to receive Śiva’s grace and fulfillment of worthy desires.
Somnātha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, situated west of the Kaubera area, on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṃkumatī.
Duly worshipping Īśāna (Śiva) and then reciting/presenting a stotra with bhakti.