Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
पंचमोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा सुरज्येष्ठ इति श्रुतः । कृत्तिवासेति ते नाम बभूव त्रिपुरांतक
paṃcamo'bhūdyadā brahmā surajyeṣṭha iti śrutaḥ | kṛttivāseti te nāma babhūva tripurāṃtaka
પંચમ અવસ્થામાં જ્યારે બ્રહ્મા ‘સુરજ્યેષ્ઠ’ તરીકે પ્રસિદ્ધ સાંભળવામાં આવ્યા, ત્યારે હે ત્રિપુરાંતક, તમારું નામ ‘કૃત્તિવાસ’—ચર્મવસ્ત્રધારી—થયું।
Unspecified (contextual narrator; Śiva’s epithet series)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Fifth phase: Surajyeṣṭha-Brahmā; Śiva as Kṛttivāsa stands as an ascetic-warrior, wearing a tiger/elephant hide, bow drawn as Tripurāntaka, with the three aerial cities aflame in the distance; Prabhāsa’s temple and sea anchor the scene to place.
FAQs
Śiva unites fierce world-protecting power (Tripurāntaka) with ascetic renunciation (Kṛttivāsa).
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the kṣetra’s tradition of venerating Śiva under many celebrated names.
None; it is a naming-and-praise verse, suited to stotra recitation.
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