Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
द्वितीयोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा पद्मभूरिति विश्रुतः । तदा कालाग्निरुद्रेति नाम प्रोक्तं शुभेंऽबिके
dvitīyo'bhūdyadā brahmā padmabhūriti viśrutaḥ | tadā kālāgnirudreti nāma proktaṃ śubheṃ'bike
Dalam kitaran kedua, ketika Brahmā masyhur sebagai Padmabhū (yang lahir dari teratai), maka, wahai Ambikā yang mulia, nama Tuhan telah diisytiharkan sebagai “Kālāgnirudra” (Rudra, Api Zaman).
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa (as Kālāgnirudra in the second cycle)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ambikā/Pārvatī
Scene: The Somnātha liṅga appears wreathed in flames of time; a cosmic horizon shows worlds dissolving into fire, yet the sanctum remains the axis of transformation.
FAQs
Śiva is the transcendent power of Time itself; His name reveals His function as the purifier and dissolver of all impermanence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is remembered as Kālāgnirudra in a particular cosmic phase.
None; the verse is part of a māhātmya-style enumeration of divine names.