Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
देव्युवाच । सोमेश्वरेति यन्नाम कस्मिन्काले बभूव तत् । किं नामाग्रेऽभवल्लिंगं नाम किं भविताऽधुना
devyuvāca | someśvareti yannāma kasminkāle babhūva tat | kiṃ nāmāgre'bhavalliṃgaṃ nāma kiṃ bhavitā'dhunā
ទេវីមានព្រះបន្ទូល៖ «នាម ‘សោមេឥશ્વរ’ នោះ កើតឡើងនៅពេលណា? នៅដើម លិង្គនោះមានឈ្មោះអ្វី ហើយឥឡូវនេះ (ក្នុងយុគបច្ចុប្បន្ន) វានឹងមានឈ្មោះអ្វី?»
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, inquisitive and poised, asks Śiva about the origin of the name Somēśvara; behind them, a stylized liṅga with a crescent-moon motif and a timeline-like band suggesting yuga transitions.
FAQs
Sacred names preserve sacred history; understanding a tīrtha’s names reveals its enduring divine presence across time.
Somēśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the focus of inquiry.
None directly; it requests the narrative framework (kāla/yuga-based naming) that supports later devotional practice.