Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
ज्योतिर्मयमिदं रूपमरुणाचलसंज्ञितम् । ये नमन्ति नरा भक्त्या ते भवन्त्यमराधिकाः
jyotirmayamidaṃ rūpamaruṇācalasaṃjñitam | ye namanti narā bhaktyā te bhavantyamarādhikāḥ
‘അരുണാചല’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഈ രൂപം ജ്യോതിര്മയം. ഭക്തിയോടെ ഇതിന് നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നവർ അമരപദത്തിന് അർഹരാകുന്നു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)
Tirtha: Aruṇācala
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees—humans foremost—bow with folded hands before the luminous Arunachala form; the hill radiates as pure light, and subtle halos appear around the devotees indicating elevation toward immortality.
FAQs
Devotional reverence (namaskāra) to the Light-form of Aruṇācala elevates the devotee toward divine, deathless spiritual attainment.
Aruṇācala (Aruṇādri), the sacred Śaiva hill revered as a manifestation of divine Light.
Bhakti-yukta namaskāra—bowing with devotion—is presented as the key devotional act.