Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
आद्यो विरंचिनामासीद्यदा ब्रह्मा पितामहः । मृत्युञ्जयस्तदा नाम सोमनाथस्य कीर्तितम्
ādyo viraṃcināmāsīdyadā brahmā pitāmahaḥ | mṛtyuñjayastadā nāma somanāthasya kīrtitam
ក្នុងវដ្តដំបូង ពេលព្រះព្រហ្មត្រូវបានគេស្គាល់ថា វិរಂಚិ ជាពិតាមហៈ ឈ្មោះដែលគេគោរពសរសើរសម្រាប់សោមនាថ នៅពេលនោះគឺ «ម្រឹត្យុញ្ជយ»—អ្នកឈ្នះមរណៈ។
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa (as Mṛtyuñjaya in the first cycle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Somnātha liṅga shines with a protective aura; Yama and the noose are shown subdued at the periphery, while the epithet ‘Mṛtyuñjaya’ appears like a mantra-ring around the shrine.
FAQs
Remembering Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya affirms liberation from fear of death and the protective grace of the Lord.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Somanātha is praised under the death-conquering epithet Mṛtyuñjaya.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse transmits a sacred name associated with merit and remembrance.