Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131
ये चांतरिक्षे भुवि ये च देवास्तीर्थानि वै यानि दिगंतरेषु । क्षेत्रं प्रभासं प्रवरं हि तेषां सोमेश्वरं देवि तथा वरिष्ठम्
ye cāṃtarikṣe bhuvi ye ca devāstīrthāni vai yāni digaṃtareṣu | kṣetraṃ prabhāsaṃ pravaraṃ hi teṣāṃ someśvaraṃ devi tathā variṣṭham
آسمان اور زمین میں بسنے والے سب دیوتا، اور ہر سمت میں موجود سب تیرتھوں میں—اے دیوی—پربھاس کا کھیتر سب سے برتر ہے، اور سومیشور بھی اسی طرح اعلیٰ ترین ہے۔
Śiva (deduced from immediate context: Śaṅkara speaking to Devī in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra; Someśvara (Somanātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A vast cosmic tableau: devas in the sky and on earth turn toward the radiant Prabhāsa coast; at the center stands the Somanātha linga, crowned by a halo, with directional tīrthas symbolically converging.
FAQs
Among countless divine abodes and tīrthas, certain kṣetras are proclaimed pre-eminent due to their exceptional sanctity.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with emphasis on Someśvara/Somanātha.
No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the supreme status of the place and deity, encouraging pilgrimage and worship.