Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
भगवानुवाच । अचलोऽहं भविष्यामि स्थानेऽत्र तव भूमिप । अचलेश्वर इत्येव नाम्ना ख्यातो जगत्त्रये
bhagavānuvāca | acalo'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi sthāne'tra tava bhūmipa | acaleśvara ityeva nāmnā khyāto jagattraye
భగవానుడు పలికెను—హే భూమిపా! నీ ఈ స్థలమందే నేను అచలుడనై నివసించెదను; ‘అచలేశ్వరుడు’ అనే నామముతో త్రిలోకమందు ఖ్యాతి పొందెదను.
Bhagavān (Śiva/Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Acaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva speaks directly to the king, promising to remain in that place as ‘Acaleśvara’; the moment is a formal divine proclamation, with the king listening in awe.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace becomes ‘fixed’ at a sacred place through divine resolve, making the site a stable refuge for devotees.
The verse glorifies the locale where Śiva is established and becomes famed as “Acaleśvara” within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
An implicit foundation is given for liṅga-sthāpanā (establishment) and darśana of Acaleśvara at this place.