Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
देव्युवाच । कथं पृथ्वीश्वरं ख्यातं तल्लिंगं पाप नाशनम् । कथं पुनः समाख्यातं चन्द्रेश्वरमिति प्रभो । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि श्रोतुकामाहमादरात्
devyuvāca | kathaṃ pṛthvīśvaraṃ khyātaṃ talliṃgaṃ pāpa nāśanam | kathaṃ punaḥ samākhyātaṃ candreśvaramiti prabho | etadvistarato brūhi śrotukāmāhamādarāt
দেৱীয়ে ক’লে: হে প্ৰভু, পাপনাশক সেই লিঙ্গ কেনেকৈ ‘পৃথিৱীশ্বৰ’ নামে খ্যাত হ’ল? আৰু পুনৰ কেনেকৈ ‘চন্দ্ৰেশ্বৰ’ বুলি কোৱা হ’ল? এই কথা বিস্তাৰে কওক; মই শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে শুনিবলৈ ইচ্ছা কৰোঁ।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Pṛthvīśvara/Candreśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated beside Śiva, asks with reverence about the liṅga’s two names and its sin-destroying power; the background hints at a coastal shrine of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Sacred names carry history and theology; inquiry made with श्रद्धा (reverence) becomes a doorway to deeper tīrtha-understanding.
The Pṛthvīśvara/Candreśvara liṅga-site in Prabhāsakṣetra.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse models śravaṇa (attentive listening) and inquiry as devotional disciplines.