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
It is worshipped by the daughters of the Nāgas, yet humans do not behold it. It is formed of radiant, jewel-like splendor, shining like the disk of the moon. By merely remembering that deity, the sin of brahmahatyā is destroyed.
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.
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