Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
इतीरितस्ते तु महाप्रभावः सोमेशलिंगस्य कृतैकदेशः । वृतं न चाब्दैर्बहुभिः सहस्रैर्वक्तुं च केनापि मुखैर्न शक्यम्
itīritaste tu mahāprabhāvaḥ someśaliṃgasya kṛtaikadeśaḥ | vṛtaṃ na cābdairbahubhiḥ sahasrairvaktuṃ ca kenāpi mukhairna śakyam
ഇങ്ങനെ നിനക്കു സോമേശ്വരലിംഗത്തിന്റെ മഹാപ്രഭാവത്തിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ അംശം മാത്രമേ പറയപ്പെട്ടിട്ടുള്ളൂ. അനേകം സഹസ്ര വർഷങ്ങളായാലും അതിന്റെ പൂർണ്ണ വർണ്ണനം സാധ്യമല്ല; എത്ര മുഖങ്ങളുണ്ടായാലും ആരും മുഴുവനായി പറയാൻ കഴിയില്ല।
Unspecified narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya addressing a listener (second-person ‘to you’)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (frame); Devī within embedded dialogue
Scene: A narrator concludes a section on Someśvara’s greatness, gesturing to the boundlessness of the liṅga’s glory; the temple and sea-horizon suggest immeasurable sanctity.
FAQs
The holiness of Someśvara at Prabhāsa is declared immeasurable, encouraging humility and deep reverence toward the tīrtha and its deity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically through the boundless praise of the Someśvara Liṅga.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse serves as a Māhātmya conclusion emphasizing the limitless fruit of devotion and pilgrimage.