Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
अस्य लिंगस्य माहात्म्यान्न कदाचिच्चलिष्यति । सर्वथा म इदं लिंगं प्रलयान्ते न चाल्यते
asya liṃgasya māhātmyānna kadāciccaliṣyati | sarvathā ma idaṃ liṃgaṃ pralayānte na cālyate
या लिंगाच्या माहात्म्यामुळे ते कधीही डळमळणार नाही। सर्व प्रकारे माझे हे लिंग प्रलयाच्या अंतकाळीही हलणार नाही।
Śiva (Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Arbudācala-liṅga (Arbuda Śiva-sthāna)
Type: peak
Listener: Ṛṣis (including Vasiṣṭha, Gautama, etc.)
Scene: A radiant Śiva-liṅga on the summit of Arbudācala, unmoved while cosmic waters and dissolution-fire swirl at the horizon; devas and ṛṣis witness its unshakable stillness.
FAQs
The divine symbol (liṅga) signifies the unshakable reality of Śiva beyond cosmic change.
The Acaleśvara-liṅga in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.
No explicit rite; the focus is on the liṅga’s eternal, immovable sanctity.