Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
ततो द्वितीयकल्पे तु संप्राप्ते वरवर्णिनि । रैवतेश्वरनामेति प्रख्यातं धरणीतले
tato dvitīyakalpe tu saṃprāpte varavarṇini | raivateśvaranāmeti prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale
त्यानंतर, हे वरवर्णिनि, दुसरा कल्प आला तेव्हा ते पृथ्वीवर ‘रैवतेश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाले।
Śiva (deduced)
Tirtha: Raivateśvara (liṅga) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varavarṇinī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A narrator addresses a radiant lady while indicating the Prabhāsa shrine; a subtle cosmic motif (wheel of time/kalpa) frames the liṅga now known as Raivateśvara.
FAQs
Sacred glory persists across cosmic cycles; the tīrtha’s sanctity is renewed and re-known in each kalpa.
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the liṅga-title Raivateśvara in the second kalpa.
None stated; the verse focuses on the kalpa-specific renown of the liṅga.