Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
देव्युवाच । कथं पृथ्वीश्वरं ख्यातं तल्लिंगं पाप नाशनम् । कथं पुनः समाख्यातं चन्द्रेश्वरमिति प्रभो । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि श्रोतुकामाहमादरात्
devyuvāca | kathaṃ pṛthvīśvaraṃ khyātaṃ talliṃgaṃ pāpa nāśanam | kathaṃ punaḥ samākhyātaṃ candreśvaramiti prabho | etadvistarato brūhi śrotukāmāhamādarāt
देवी म्हणाली—हे प्रभो, पाप नाश करणारे ते लिंग ‘पृथ्वीश्वर’ म्हणून कसे ख्यात झाले? आणि पुन्हा ‘चंद्रेश्वर’ असे कसे म्हणू लागले? हे सर्व विस्ताराने सांगा; मी आदराने ऐकू इच्छिते.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Pṛthvīśvara/Candreśvara (Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, seated beside Śiva, asks with reverence about the liṅga’s two names and its sin-destroying power; the background hints at a coastal shrine of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Sacred names carry history and theology; inquiry made with श्रद्धा (reverence) becomes a doorway to deeper tīrtha-understanding.
The Pṛthvīśvara/Candreśvara liṅga-site in Prabhāsakṣetra.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse models śravaṇa (attentive listening) and inquiry as devotional disciplines.