Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
अतीतेषु च देवेशि ब्रह्मसुप्तलयादनु । बभूवुर्यानि नामानि तानि त्वं शृणु पार्वति
atīteṣu ca deveśi brahmasuptalayādanu | babhūvuryāni nāmāni tāni tvaṃ śṛṇu pārvati
आणि हे देवेशि देवि, ब्रह्म्याच्या ‘निद्रा’नंतर येणाऱ्या प्रलयानंतर, पूर्वकल्पांत जी जी नावे प्रकट झाली, ती तू ऐक, हे पार्वती.
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Parvatī sits in attentive śravaṇa as Śiva prepares to enumerate ancient epithets; behind them, a symbolic ‘sleep of Brahmā’ and dissolving worlds fade into a calm void.
FAQs
Sacred tradition preserves divine epithets across cosmic time, guiding devotees to recognize the Lord’s eternal presence in a specific holy geography.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is praised through multiple time-bound names.
None in this verse; it introduces a doctrinal list (nāma-kathana) rather than a vrata or dāna.