Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
तत्र सोमेश्वरो देवः स्वयं तिष्ठति शङ्करः । अब्भक्षैर्वायुभक्षैश्च दंतोलूखलिभिस्तथा । ऋषिभिर्वालखिल्यैश्च पूज्यमानः समंततः
tatra someśvaro devaḥ svayaṃ tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ | abbhakṣairvāyubhakṣaiśca daṃtolūkhalibhistathā | ṛṣibhirvālakhilyaiśca pūjyamānaḥ samaṃtataḥ
Dort weilt der Gott Someśvara—Śaṅkara selbst in eigener Person. Ringsum wird er verehrt von Asketen, die von Wasser leben, von denen, die von Luft leben, von den Daṃtolūkhalis und von den Weisen der Vālakhilyas.
Prahasta
Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rākṣaseśa
Scene: Someśvara (Śaṅkara) stands/abides radiantly at Prabhāsa while concentric circles of ascetics worship: water-only sages with kamaṇḍalus, air-only yogins in prāṇāyāma, tiny Vālakhilyas, and other rishi groups offering flowers and mantra.
FAQs
A supreme tīrtha attracts the highest tapasvins; Someśvara’s presence makes Prabhāsa a center where asceticism and devotion converge.
Someśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Śiva is said to abide directly.
Worship (pūjā/stuti) is implied; the verse highlights communities of ascetics devoted to continuous veneration rather than detailing a rite.