देव्युवाच । सोमेश्वरेति यन्नाम कस्मिन्काले बभूव तत् । किं नामाग्रेऽभवल्लिंगं नाम किं भविताऽधुना
devyuvāca | someśvareti yannāma kasminkāle babhūva tat | kiṃ nāmāgre'bhavalliṃgaṃ nāma kiṃ bhavitā'dhunā
देवी म्हणाली—‘सोमेश्वर’ हे नाव कोणत्या काळी प्रकट झाले? आरंभी त्या लिंगाचे नाव काय होते, आणि आता (सध्याच्या युगात) त्याचे नाव काय असेल?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, inquisitive and poised, asks Śiva about the origin of the name Somēśvara; behind them, a stylized liṅga with a crescent-moon motif and a timeline-like band suggesting yuga transitions.
Sacred names preserve sacred history; understanding a tīrtha’s names reveals its enduring divine presence across time.
Somēśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa) is the focus of inquiry.
None directly; it requests the narrative framework (kāla/yuga-based naming) that supports later devotional practice.