Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
स तं स्मृत्वा प्रभावं हि प्रदक्षिणासमुद्भवम् । अचलेश्वरमासाद्य प्रदक्षिणामथाकरोत्
sa taṃ smṛtvā prabhāvaṃ hi pradakṣiṇāsamudbhavam | acaleśvaramāsādya pradakṣiṇāmathākarot
പ്രദക്ഷിണയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ആ പ്രഭാവം ഓർത്ത് അവൻ അചലേശ്വരനെ സമീപിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഭക്തിയോടെ പ്രദക്ഷിണം ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic storyteller within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Acaleśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahārāja (king) addressed
Scene: King Veṇu arrives at a Śiva shrine of Acaleśvara and begins circumambulating the liṅga/temple, hands folded, attendants behind, the path forming a luminous circle.
FAQs
Pradakṣiṇā is presented as a potent devotional act that generates spiritual power and transforms one’s destiny.
Acaleśvara (a Śiva shrine) in the Arbuda region is directly glorified.
Perform pradakṣiṇā—circumambulating the deity/shrine with reverence.