Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51
चंद्र उवाच । यदि प्रसन्नो देवेश वरार्हो यदि वाऽप्यहम् । सोमनाथेति तं नाम भूयाद्ब्रह्मावधि प्रभो
caṃdra uvāca | yadi prasanno deveśa varārho yadi vā'pyaham | somanātheti taṃ nāma bhūyādbrahmāvadhi prabho
चंद्र म्हणाला—हे देवेश! आपण प्रसन्न असाल आणि मीही वरास पात्र असेन, तर हे प्रभो, आपले नाव ‘सोमनाथ’ असे होवो, ब्रह्माच्या आयुष्याच्या मर्यादेपर्यंत टिकून राहो।
Candra (Soma, the Moon-god)
Tirtha: Somnātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Devēśa)
Scene: Candra, radiant and cool-hued, stands before a blazing Tejo-liṅga, requesting the boon that the Lord’s name be ‘Somnātha’ until the end of Brahmā’s lifespan; the cosmic scale is hinted by stars and kalpa imagery.
FAQs
A sacred name bestowed with devotion becomes an enduring vehicle of remembrance and grace, lasting across cosmic time.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva is praised as Somnātha (Somnath).
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes naming/praising Śiva with the holy epithet “Somnātha.”