Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
अयं यो वर्त्तते ब्रह्मा शतानंद इति स्मृतः । सोमनाथेति देवस्य वर्तते नाम सांप्रतम्
ayaṃ yo varttate brahmā śatānaṃda iti smṛtaḥ | somanātheti devasya vartate nāma sāṃpratam
इस वर्तमान कल्प में जो ब्रह्मा ‘शतानंद’ कहे जाते हैं, और इस समय देव का नाम ‘सोमनाथ’ के रूप में प्रतिष्ठित है।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A present-age vision: the Somnātha temple by the sea, the liṅga revered as Somnātha; Brahmā of this cycle named Śatānanda appears as a subtle cosmic witness, linking the pilgrim’s ‘now’ to vast time.
FAQs
The present age has a specific, accessible name for worship—Somanātha—linking devotees to the living tradition of the kṣetra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnāth), where Śiva’s current celebrated name is Somanātha.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse establishes the currently prevailing divine name.
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