वस्त्रापथं महादेवं महाकालं तथैव च । भूतेश्वरं भस्मगात्रं सोमनाथमुमापतिम्
vastrāpathaṃ mahādevaṃ mahākālaṃ tathaiva ca | bhūteśvaraṃ bhasmagātraṃ somanāthamumāpatim
وسترآپتھ، مہادیو اور مہاکال؛ بھوتیشور—بھسم آلود پروردگار—اور سومناتھ، اُما پتی—یہ سب شیو کے مقدس روپ اور آستانے یہاں یاد کیے گئے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Somnātha (Prabhāsa) and Mahākāla (Avantī/Ujjain) invoked within the Dvārakā praise
Type: kshetra
Scene: A procession of liṅgas and Śiva-epithets: Mahākāla in Ujjain’s nocturnal aura, Somnātha by the sea, Bhūteśvara amid attendants of bhūtas; ash-clad Śiva stands serene, crescent moon shining.
Remembering Śiva’s revered names and seats is presented as a devotional map—linking theology (Śiva’s epithets) to sacred places (kṣetras).
Somanātha is explicitly invoked, along with other named Śiva-kṣetras such as Vastrāpatha and the Mahākāla tradition.
No direct ritual is commanded; the verse functions as a litany of Śiva’s sacred manifestations and shrines.