Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
तस्मात्सोमेशनामैवमस्मिंल्लिंगे भविष्यति । यावद्ब्रह्मा शतानन्दः प्रकृतौ न प्रलीयते
tasmātsomeśanāmaivamasmiṃlliṃge bhaviṣyati | yāvadbrahmā śatānandaḥ prakṛtau na pralīyate
সেয়েহে এই লিঙ্গতেই ‘সোমেশ্বৰ’ নাম স্থায়ী হ’ব—যেতিয়ালৈকে সদা-আনন্দ ব্ৰহ্মা প্ৰকৃতিত লীন নহয়।
Soma (Candra), continuing the boon-result narrative
Tirtha: Someśvara (liṅga) at Prabhāsa
Type: temple
Scene: Śiva proclaims the boon: the Prabhāsa liṅga is consecrated in name as ‘Someśvara’; cosmic imagery shows Brahmā in meditation above prakṛti, indicating the vast duration of the name’s endurance.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s deity-name and presence are declared enduring across cosmic time, presenting Someśvara as a stable refuge amid vast cycles of creation and dissolution.
The Someśvara-liṅga at Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as established in this chapter’s Prabhāsa-māhātmya context).
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse establishes the perpetual name and sanctity of the liṅga.