Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
पुनः पुनः प्रवृत्तानि व्यपनीतान्यपि प्रभो । अस्मिन्नसंशयं स्थाने कपालेश्वरनामभृत्
punaḥ punaḥ pravṛttāni vyapanītānyapi prabho | asminnasaṃśayaṃ sthāne kapāleśvaranāmabhṛt
பிரபுவே! அகற்றினாலும் அவை மீண்டும் மீண்டும் தோன்றுகின்றன. ஆகவே, ஐயமின்றி இத்தலத்தில் நீங்கள் ‘கபாலேஸ்வரர்’ என்ற நாமத்தைத் தரிக்க வேண்டும்.
Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis (continuing request)
Tirtha: Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: Close-up narrative emphasis: attendants remove skulls, yet they reappear; brāhmaṇas point in astonishment; Śiva is invoked to accept the name Kapāleśvara, sealing the site’s identity.
FAQs
A sacred site’s recurring signs become the basis for divine naming, anchoring memory, worship, and sanctity in geography.
Kapāleśvara-sthāna within Prabhāsakṣetra, marked by the repeated appearance of kapālas.
No explicit ritual; the verse establishes the deity’s epithet and the site’s identity.