| Temples & Legends Of Somanatha |
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Prabhasa, Shiva was fire. The tirtha where the Sarasvati met the sea in Prabhasa was once
called Agnitirtha. Mahishmat, the father of Sahasrarjuna of the Puranic tradition, wrested an ancient port near Broach on the Narmada from the Nagas in order to found Mabishmati. Two facts emerge from these references. First, the Nagas were associated with the region from the mouth of the river Indus to the mouth of the Narmada and perhaps further south. Secondly, Prabhasa was associated with the Nagas referred to as belonging to Patala. Thirdly, the Linga of Somanatha, before the earliest period of Aryan tradition, was a divinity connected with Patala and the Nagas. |
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