Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
मेघैः प्रतिष्ठितं लिंगं यत्र नित्यं प्रपूज्यते । अनावृष्टिभयं किंचिन्न च तत्र प्रजायते
meghaiḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ liṃgaṃ yatra nityaṃ prapūjyate | anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ kiṃcinna ca tatra prajāyate
Là où le liṅga établi par les nuées est adoré chaque jour, la crainte de la sécheresse ne surgit nullement.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Megheśvara
Type: temple
Scene: A liṅga with a distinctive cloud motif—clouds forming a canopy or descending as if to consecrate it; priests perform daily abhiṣeka; above, rainclouds gather benignly, while the surrounding land appears fertile, signaling the absence of drought fear.
FAQs
Regular devotion (nitya-pūjā) at a sanctified Śiva-site is portrayed as sustaining prosperity and averting collective calamities.
Megheśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Daily worship of the liṅga (nitya prapūjā).