Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103
यावत्सोमेश्वरं देवं न विंदंति त्रिलोचनम् । क्षेत्रं प्रभासमित्युक्तं क्षेत्रज्ञोऽहं न संशयः
yāvatsomeśvaraṃ devaṃ na viṃdaṃti trilocanam | kṣetraṃ prabhāsamityuktaṃ kṣetrajño'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ
যেতিয়ালৈকে তেওঁ ত্ৰিনয়নধাৰী দেৱ সোমেশ্বৰক নাপায়, তেতিয়ালৈকে এই স্থান ‘প্ৰভাস’ বুলি কোৱা হয়। মই ক্ষেত্ৰজ্ঞ—ইয়াত কোনো সন্দেহ নাই।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra—Someśvara (Trilocana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim-seeker approaches the Someśvara shrine; above the liṅga appears a subtle, all-seeing Trilocana visage in light, indicating the kṣetrajña; the ground is marked as 'kṣetra' with sacred geometry, suggesting the field/knower doctrine.
FAQs
Finding/realizing Someśvara (Śiva) is presented as the key to the holy field’s purpose, linking sacred geography with inner knowledge (kṣetrajña).
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with Someśvara/Somnātha.
No direct rite is prescribed; the focus is on ‘finding/attaining’ Someśvara in the kṣetra.