Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
नमः शिवाय शुद्धाय सर्वगायाऽमृताय च । कपर्द्दिने नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तस्मै त्रिमूर्त्तये
namaḥ śivāya śuddhāya sarvagāyā'mṛtāya ca | kaparddine namastubhyaṃ namastasmai trimūrttaye
தூயனும், எங்கும் நிறைந்தவனும், அமரத்தன்மையுடையவனுமான சிவனுக்கு வணக்கம். ஹே கபர்தினே, உமக்கு வணக்கம்; திரிமூர்த்தி-சொரூபனான அந்த பரமேசனுக்கும் வணக்கம்.
Vasiṣṭha (uttering a stotra after liṅga-darśana; narrated by Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee offers añjali before a radiant Śiva-liṅga; Śiva appears as pure light, with matted locks (kapardin), subtly showing the Trimūrti principle (Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Rudra) emerging from one effulgence.
FAQs
Śiva is praised as purity itself and as the all-pervading immortal reality; devotion naturally expresses itself as namaskāra (reverent surrender).
The Arbuda-region liṅga manifestation site is implicitly glorified, where Vasiṣṭha offers this hymn after darśana.
Stotra/namaskāra—recitation of salutations to Śiva (including the devotional formula ‘namaḥ śivāya’).