Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
चतुर्थोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा परमेष्ठीति विश्रुतः । अनामयेति देवेश तव नाम स्मृतं तदा
caturtho'bhūdyadā brahmā parameṣṭhīti viśrutaḥ | anāmayeti deveśa tava nāma smṛtaṃ tadā
Dans la quatrième phase, lorsque Brahmā fut connu sous le nom de Parameṣṭhī, alors—ô Seigneur des dieux—Ton Nom fut rappelé comme « Anāmaya », Celui qui est sans affliction.
Unspecified (contextual narrator continuing the nāma sequence of Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Fourth phase: Parameṣṭhī-Brahmā; Śiva as Anāmaya sits in tranquil yogic composure, radiating healing calm; pilgrims at Prabhāsa offer water and bilva, seeking relief from affliction.
FAQs
Śiva is the untouched, stainless refuge—remembering Him as Anāmaya points to wholeness beyond physical and mental affliction.
Prabhāsakṣetra, via the remembrance of Śiva’s sacred epithets associated with the kṣetra’s greatness.
None explicitly; the stress is on smaraṇa (devotional remembrance) of the name.