ब्रह्मांडे यानि लिंगानि कीर्तितानि त्वया मम । तेषां प्रभावेनाधिक्यं सोमेशे तत्कथं वद
brahmāṃḍe yāni liṃgāni kīrtitāni tvayā mama | teṣāṃ prabhāvenādhikyaṃ someśe tatkathaṃ vada
“Sa mga liṅga sa buong sansinukob na inilarawan mo sa akin, paano nahihigitan ni Somēśvara ang mga iyon sa kapangyarihan at kahusayan? Ipagpaliwanag mo sa akin.”
Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)
Tirtha: Somēśvara (Somnātha) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādeva/Īśvara
Scene: Devī points conceptually to the ‘liṅgas of the cosmos’—a visionary spread of countless liṅgas across worlds—then focuses attention on Somēśvara, asking why it excels.
Sacred sites are not equal in their declared phala; scripture invites discerning inquiry into a kṣetra’s unique divine potency.
Somēśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as pre-eminent among celebrated liṅgas.
None explicitly; the verse frames a doctrinal question about the hierarchy of sacred liṅgas and their prabhāva.