Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
श्रीभगवानुवाच । प्रतिज्ञातं मया सर्वं भक्त्या तुष्टेन वै सुराः । सोमाय मम सांनिध्यमस्मिन्क्षेत्रे भविष्यति
śrībhagavānuvāca | pratijñātaṃ mayā sarvaṃ bhaktyā tuṣṭena vai surāḥ | somāya mama sāṃnidhyamasminkṣetre bhaviṣyati
Le Seigneur Bienheureux dit : « Ô dieux, j’ai accompli tout ce que j’avais promis, car la dévotion m’a véritablement comblé. Pour Soma, ma présence demeurera en ce kṣetra sacré. »
Śiva (Śrī Bhagavān)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas (Suras)
Scene: Bhagavān addresses the assembled devas, declaring His fulfilled promise and establishing His abiding presence for Soma in Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the sacred landscape hints at the sea-coast and the Somnātha shrine aura.
FAQs
Bhakti moves the Lord to keep His vow, establishing enduring divine presence in a sacred place.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Śiva declares His abiding presence connected with Soma (Someśvara).
No explicit ritual is prescribed; devotion (bhakti) is presented as the decisive spiritual cause.