Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
स्वर्गमेके परे मोक्षं धनधान्यसुतांस्तथा । यो यं काममभिध्याय पूजयेदचलेश्वरम् । तंतं स लभते मर्त्यः स्वल्पायासेन च द्रुतम्
svargameke pare mokṣaṃ dhanadhānyasutāṃstathā | yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya pūjayedacaleśvaram | taṃtaṃ sa labhate martyaḥ svalpāyāsena ca drutam
कोणी स्वर्ग, कोणी मोक्ष, तर कोणी धन-धान्य व पुत्रादि इच्छितो। जो ज्या कामनेचे चिंतन करून अचलेश्वराची पूजा करतो, तो मर्त्य अल्प प्रयत्नात लवकरच तेच प्राप्त करतो।
Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative frame; explicit in 14.1)
Tirtha: Acaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Different devotees—one yearning for svarga, another for mokṣa, others for wealth and children—stand before Acaleśvara; the deity’s grace is shown as distinct streams of light reaching each petitioner.
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Sincere worship of Acaleśvara is portrayed as powerfully fruit-giving—granting both worldly aims and the highest goal, depending on the devotee’s intention.
The Acaleśvara-kṣetra associated with Lord Acaleśvara (within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative).
Pūjā (worship) of Acaleśvara performed with a focused intention (saṅkalpa) toward a desired aim.