Since the moon recovered its brightness here, the kshetra is called Prabhasa. 'Bhasa' means light.

God Brahma then dug into the earth at Somanath, and showed to the Moon-God Lord Somanatha. He was a small Siva- Linga but he glowed like a thousand suns.

Brahma helped the Moon-God to build a big temple for Lord Somanatha at the same place.

Somanatha is a Swayambhu-Linga, a self-born Linga. It is not man-made. The place is one of the twelve famous Siva shrines of India.

Many rishis and siddhas did tapas at Prabhasa, and got miraculous powers.