Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
तृतीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा स्वयंभूरिति विश्रुतः । अमृतेशेति ते नाम कीर्तितं कीर्तिवर्द्धनम्
tṛtīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ | amṛteśeti te nāma kīrtitaṃ kīrtivarddhanam
ತೃತೀಯ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ‘ಸ್ವಯಂಭೂ’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ, ನಿನ್ನ ನಾಮ ‘ಅಮೃತೇಶ’—ಅಮೃತಾಧಿಪತಿ—ಎಂದು ಕೀರ್ತಿಸಲಾಯಿತು; ಅದು ಕೀರ್ತಿವರ್ಧಕವಾಗಿದೆ।
Unspecified (contextual narrator; central naming of the deity Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara of Prabhāsa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Third phase: Svayaṃbhū-Brahmā; Śiva as Amṛteśa appears cool and luminous, with a nectar pot or moonlit aura; devotees at Prabhāsa offer bilva and water, suggesting healing and renewal.
FAQs
The divine name ‘Amṛteśa’ signifies immortality-bestowing grace and the uplift of one’s spiritual reputation through devotion.
Prabhāsakṣetra—especially through the explicit naming of its Śiva as Amṛteśa/Amṛteśvara.
No explicit ritual; it implies merit through kīrtana and nāma-japa of ‘Amṛteśa’.