ब्रह्मांडे यानि लिंगानि कीर्तितानि त्वया मम । तेषां प्रभावेनाधिक्यं सोमेशे तत्कथं वद
brahmāṃḍe yāni liṃgāni kīrtitāni tvayā mama | teṣāṃ prabhāvenādhikyaṃ someśe tatkathaṃ vada
«ໃນພຣະພົມມະອັນດາທັງປວງ ລິງຄະທັງຫຼາຍທີ່ທ່ານໄດ້ກ່າວສັນລະເສີນໃຫ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຟັງນັ້ນ, ດ້ວຍອຳນາດແລະຄວາມເລີດລ້ຳ ໂສເມສະວະຣະເຫນືອກວ່າພວກນັ້ນແນວໃດ? ຂໍຈົ່ງບອກຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ»។
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādeva/Īśvara
Scene: Devī points conceptually to the ‘liṅgas of the cosmos’—a visionary spread of countless liṅgas across worlds—then focuses attention on Somēśvara, asking why it excels.
Sacred sites are not equal in their declared phala; scripture invites discerning inquiry into a kṣetra’s unique divine potency.
Somēśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as pre-eminent among celebrated liṅgas.
None explicitly; the verse frames a doctrinal question about the hierarchy of sacred liṅgas and their prabhāva.