Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
ईश्वर उवाच । इति दत्त्वा वरान्देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । पृथिवीश्वरनामाभूत्तत्प्रभृत्येव शंकरः
īśvara uvāca | iti dattvā varāndevastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | pṛthivīśvaranāmābhūttatprabhṛtyeva śaṃkaraḥ
ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഇങ്ങനെ വരങ്ങൾ നൽകി ദേവൻ അവിടെയേ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു. അന്നുമുതൽ ശങ്കരൻ ‘പൃഥിവീശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pṛthivīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva, after granting boons, becomes subtle and vanishes at Prabhāsa; the radiant liṅga remains, now famed as Pṛthivīśvara, with devotees awed by the sudden antaradhāna.
FAQs
Divine grace culminates in sacred naming—Śiva’s boons and presence consecrate the site and its Liṅga identity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva is specifically known as Pṛthivīśvara.
No direct prescription; the verse provides speaker attribution and explains the emergence of the name Pṛthivīśvara.