Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15
तेषां मध्ये महातेजाश्चंद्रमास्तत्त्वसंभव । सोऽयं मया धृतो देवि अद्यापि शिरसि प्रिये
teṣāṃ madhye mahātejāścaṃdramāstattvasaṃbhava | so'yaṃ mayā dhṛto devi adyāpi śirasi priye
त्या रत्नांमध्ये महातेजस्वी चंद्रमा होता, जो त्या आदितत्त्वातून उत्पन्न झाला. हे देवी, हे प्रिये, तोच चंद्र मी आजही शिरावर धारण करीत आहे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, indicating the Moon as his head-ornament; the crescent gleams against matted locks, with a calm, intimate domestic-cosmic atmosphere.
FAQs
Śiva bears cosmic radiance as a sign of mastery and grace—turning a celestial ‘treasure’ into a spiritual emblem for devotees.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the contextual tīrtha where Śiva’s presence and signs are praised through this māhātmya narration.
None; the verse explains iconographic and mythic meaning.