Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
आद्यो विरंचिनामाभूद्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । मृत्युञ्जयेति ते नाम तदाऽभूत्पार्वतीपते
ādyo viraṃcināmābhūdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | mṛtyuñjayeti te nāma tadā'bhūtpārvatīpate
最初の時代、梵天がヴィランチ（Virañci）—諸世界の祖父—として知られたとき、その時、ああパールヴァティーの主よ、汝の御名は「ムリティユンジャヤ（Mṛtyuñjaya）」、死を征する者となった。
Unspecified (contextual narrator listing Śiva’s names across cosmic phases)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cosmic tableau: early age (ādya-kāla) with Virañci-Brahmā presiding; Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya radiates protective light, subduing Yama and the fear of death; Prabhāsa’s seashore-temple aura in the background.
FAQs
Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya embodies liberation from fear and the transcendence of death through divine refuge.
Prabhāsakṣetra indirectly, by celebrating the resident Śiva’s cosmic names and powers.
No explicit prescription; the name ‘Mṛtyuñjaya’ itself points to japa and remembrance for protection and spiritual victory.