Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
द्वितीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा पद्मभूरिति विश्रुतः । तदा कालाग्निरुद्रेति नाम प्रोक्तं शुभेंऽबिके
dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ | tadā kālāgnirudreti nāma proktaṃ śubheṃ'bike
ദ്വിതീയ (ചക്രത്തിൽ), ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ‘പദ്മഭൂ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ വിശ്രുതനായപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ശുഭാംബികേ, പ്രഭുവിന്റെ നാമം ‘കാലാഗ്നിരുദ്രൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa (as Kālāgnirudra in the second cycle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ambikā/Pārvatī
Scene: The Somnātha liṅga appears wreathed in flames of time; a cosmic horizon shows worlds dissolving into fire, yet the sanctum remains the axis of transformation.
FAQs
Śiva is the transcendent power of Time itself; His name reveals His function as the purifier and dissolver of all impermanence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is remembered as Kālāgnirudra in a particular cosmic phase.
None; the verse is part of a māhātmya-style enumeration of divine names.