Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तथैतां मामकीं मूर्तिमीशानाख्यां च ये नराः । तेषां दुष्टापि या कान्ता सौम्या चैव भविष्यति
tathaitāṃ māmakīṃ mūrtimīśānākhyāṃ ca ye narāḥ | teṣāṃ duṣṭāpi yā kāntā saumyā caiva bhaviṣyati
„Ebenso werden die Männer, die meine Gestalt namens Īśānā verehren—selbst wenn ihre Geliebte von üblem Temperament ist—sie gewiss sanft und anmutig werden sehen.“
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Type: temple
Scene: Men worship the Īśāna form of Śiva; the household atmosphere softens, symbolized by a formerly angry beloved becoming calm and radiant.
FAQs
Devotional worship of the divine Īśānā form is said to transform negativity into gentleness, bringing harmony to household life.
The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the snippet itself emphasizes the deity-aspect (Īśānā) rather than naming a single site.
Worship (pūjā/upāsanā) of the Īśānā form is prescribed as the means to obtain the stated fruit.