Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
अस्मिन्ब्रह्मणि देवेशि संजाते ह्यष्टवार्षिके । तदा कालात्समारभ्य सोमेश इति विश्रुतः
asminbrahmaṇi deveśi saṃjāte hyaṣṭavārṣike | tadā kālātsamārabhya someśa iti viśrutaḥ
হে দেবী, ব্ৰহ্মাৰ এই বৰ্তমান সৃষ্টিচক্ৰত, যেতিয়া প্ৰভু এই পৰ্যায়ত পৰিচিত হ’ল, তেতিয়াৰ পৰা পবিত্ৰ প্ৰভাস-ক্ষেত্ৰত তেওঁ “সোমেশ” নামে খ্যাত হ’ল।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva’s liṅga at Prabhāsa radiates a cool lunar aura; the word ‘Someśa’ appears as a luminous inscription, with Parvatī receiving the teaching.
FAQs
The Lord’s names are not arbitrary—they reveal His cosmic role and the special sanctity of the kṣetra where He is worshipped.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the famed Somnāth/Someśvara region celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it focuses on the kṣetra’s theological naming tradition.