Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 137
क्षेत्रं प्रभासिकं प्रोक्तं क्षेत्रज्ञोऽहं न संशयः । तत्र सोमेशनामाहमस्मिन्क्षेत्रं वरानने
kṣetraṃ prabhāsikaṃ proktaṃ kṣetrajño'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ | tatra someśanāmāhamasminkṣetraṃ varānane
لقد أُعلِن أنّ هذا هو الحقل المقدّس المسمّى «برابهاسا»؛ وأنا عارفُ هذا الحقل—لا ريب. وفي هذا الموضع الطاهر بعينه، يا ذات الوجه الحسن، أُعرَف باسم «سوميشا» (Somēśa).
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as varānane)
Scene: Śiva, radiant and calm, gestures toward the coastal Prabhāsa shrine, declaring ‘I am the Knower here’; the Somēśa Liṅga shines beside him as the site’s heart.
FAQs
A tīrtha is not only a location; it is sanctified by the living presence of the deity—here Śiva himself as the lord of Prabhāsa.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with Śiva worshipped specifically as Somēśa (Somnātha tradition).
No specific rite is mentioned; the verse provides identification of the deity and the sanctity of the kṣetra.