Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
अचले तु मयात्रैव स्थातव्यं नात्र संशयः । ततः कालेन महता वसतस्तस्य तत्र च
acale tu mayātraiva sthātavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | tataḥ kālena mahatā vasatastasya tatra ca
‘या अचल पर्वतावर मला इथेच निश्चयाने राहावे लागेल—यात संशय नाही।’ मग दीर्घ काळ लोटला तरी तो तेथेच वास करीत राहिला।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (Śiva’s ācala-vāsa)
Type: peak
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: Śiva declares his certainty to remain on the mountain; time passes in a montage—changing seasons over Arbuda while a shrine lamp remains steady, symbolizing unbroken presence.
FAQs
Śiva’s steadfast abiding sanctifies the place; the divine vow becomes a perpetual refuge for devotees in the sacred geography.
Mount Arbuda, envisioned as ‘Acala’—the firm sacred mountain where Śiva remains.
No explicit ritual; the verse establishes the theological basis for pilgrimage—approaching a place where the Lord ‘stays’ by vow.