Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
पूज्यते नागकन्याभिर्न तत्पश्यंति मानवाः । महा तेजोमणिमयं चंद्रबिंबसमप्रभम् । स्मरणात्तस्य देवस्य ब्रह्महत्या प्रणश्यति
pūjyate nāgakanyābhirna tatpaśyaṃti mānavāḥ | mahā tejomaṇimayaṃ caṃdrabiṃbasamaprabham | smaraṇāttasya devasya brahmahatyā praṇaśyati
تعبده بناتُ الناغا، غير أنّ البشر لا يُبصرونه. وهو مُصاغٌ من بهاءٍ كالجوهرة، يلمع كقرص القمر. وبمجرد تذكّر ذلك الإله تزول خطيئة «براهمهاتيا» (قتلُ البراهمن).
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Jāleśvara
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A radiant liṅga made of blazing jewel-light, cool as moon-disc, half-veiled from human eyes; Nāga maidens with jeweled hoods offer flowers and water at the riverbank shrine while a human pilgrim prays from afar, relying on remembrance.
FAQs
Remembrance of a sacred deity at a powerful kṣetra is portrayed as spiritually transformative, capable of destroying even grave sin.
Jāleśvara at the Devikā riverbank, a liṅga of extraordinary, hidden sanctity.
Smarana (devotional remembrance) of the deity is highlighted as a potent practice; worship by Nāga maidens is noted as part of the site’s mystique.