गुह्यं चैव तु संभूतं न कश्चिद्वेद तत्परम् । जन्माभ्यासेन तल्लिंगं ज्ञायते भुवि मानवैः
guhyaṃ caiva tu saṃbhūtaṃ na kaścidveda tatparam | janmābhyāsena talliṃgaṃ jñāyate bhuvi mānavaiḥ
ଏହା ପରମ ଗୁହ୍ୟ ରହସ୍ୟ; ତାହାର ସର୍ବୋଚ୍ଚ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ କେହି ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଜାଣେ ନାହିଁ। ଅନେକ ଜନ୍ମର ସାଧନା-ଅଭ୍ୟାସରେ ମାତ୍ର ଭୂମିରେ ମାନବମାନେ ସେହି ଲିଙ୍ଗକୁ ଜାଣନ୍ତି।
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somēśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (implied)
Scene: A pilgrim-sādhaka sits before the Somēśa Liṅga; behind him, faint silhouettes of past lives form a spiral of practice leading to a sudden inner illumination.
True knowledge of Śiva is not merely intellectual; it ripens through sustained sādhana accumulated over lifetimes.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its central Liṅga associated with Somēśa/Somnātha.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes long-term spiritual discipline (abhyāsa) as the means to realization.