सोमेशं परमं स्थानं पंचवक्त्रसमन्वितम् । एतल्लिंगं न मुंचामि सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम्
someśaṃ paramaṃ sthānaṃ paṃcavaktrasamanvitam | etalliṃgaṃ na muṃcāmi satyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam
„Somēśvara ist die höchste Stätte, mit den fünf Gesichtern versehen. Dieses Liṅga verlasse ich nicht — Wahrheit, Wahrheit, so habe ich gesprochen.“
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī/Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva’s solemn vow-like declaration before the Somēśvara liṅga: the liṅga radiates with five-faced Śiva symbolism; attendants and Devī witness the truth-affirmation (‘satyaṃ satyam’).
The deity’s unwavering presence sanctifies the site; divine ‘abidance’ is the foundation of kṣetra-māhātmya.
Somēśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra, described as the supreme sthāna.
None directly; the verse asserts the theological claim of Śiva’s constant association with this liṅga.