Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
अयं यो वर्त्तते ब्रह्मा शतानंद इति स्मृतः । सोमनाथेति देवस्य वर्तते नाम सांप्रतम्
ayaṃ yo varttate brahmā śatānaṃda iti smṛtaḥ | somanātheti devasya vartate nāma sāṃpratam
ഈ നിലവിലെ കല്പത്തിൽ ഇപ്പോൾ അധിപനായ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ‘ശതാനന്ദ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു; ഇപ്പോൾ ദേവന്റെ നാമം ‘സോമനാഥ’ എന്നായി സ്ഥാപിതമാണ്।
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A present-age vision: the Somnātha temple by the sea, the liṅga revered as Somnātha; Brahmā of this cycle named Śatānanda appears as a subtle cosmic witness, linking the pilgrim’s ‘now’ to vast time.
FAQs
The present age has a specific, accessible name for worship—Somanātha—linking devotees to the living tradition of the kṣetra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnāth), where Śiva’s current celebrated name is Somanātha.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse establishes the currently prevailing divine name.