Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
ईश्वर उवाच । इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । पृथिवीश्वरनामाभूत्तत्प्रभृत्येव शंकरः
īśvara uvāca | iti dattvā varāndevastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | pṛthivīśvaranāmābhūttatprabhṛtyeva śaṃkaraḥ
ઈશ્વરે કહ્યું—આ રીતે વરદાન આપી દેવ ત્યાં જ અંતર્ધાન થયા. ત્યારથી શંકર ‘પૃથિવીશ્વર’ નામે પ્રસિદ્ધ થયા.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pṛthivīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, after granting boons, becomes subtle and vanishes at Prabhāsa; the radiant liṅga remains, now famed as Pṛthivīśvara, with devotees awed by the sudden antaradhāna.
FAQs
Divine grace culminates in sacred naming—Śiva’s boons and presence consecrate the site and its Liṅga identity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva is specifically known as Pṛthivīśvara.
No direct prescription; the verse provides speaker attribution and explains the emergence of the name Pṛthivīśvara.
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