Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
सोमेश्वरे च ते सिद्धाः प्रभासे वरवर्णिनि । मूकमन्यः शिवश्चैव प्रकाशः कपिलस्तथा
someśvare ca te siddhāḥ prabhāse varavarṇini | mūkamanyaḥ śivaścaiva prakāśaḥ kapilastathā
عند سُوميشْفَرَ في برابهاسا، يا ذاتَ اللونِ الحسن، نالوا الكمال. موكا، ومانيا، وشيفا، وبراكاشا، وكذلك كابيلا—(وهؤلاء أيضاً منهم).
Śiva (addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Someśvara (in Prabhāsa)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: At the Someśvara shrine, a group of ascetics—Mūka, Manya, Śiva, Prakāśa, Kapila—are depicted in varied yogic postures, their austerity culminating in a shared radiance around the liṅga; Devī is addressed as ‘varavarṇinī’.
FAQs
The verse reinforces that Someśvara at Prabhāsa is a proven seat of realization, validated by named exemplars of attainment.
Someśvara at Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; it continues the catalog of siddhas associated with the site.