Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
जाले निपतितो यस्माद्दाशानामृषिसत्तमः । जालेश्वरेति नामासौ विख्यातः पृथिवीतले
jāle nipatito yasmāddāśānāmṛṣisattamaḥ | jāleśvareti nāmāsau vikhyātaḥ pṛthivītale
Porque el más excelso de los ṛṣis cayó en una red de pescadores, por ello fue célebre en la tierra con el nombre de «Jāleśvara».
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Jāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A venerable sage, entangled in a wide fishermen’s net near the shore/river-mouth, is rescued or stands composed; the scene explains the name ‘Jāleśvara’ while a liṅga shrine is hinted nearby.
FAQs
Even ordinary circumstances become sacred when they serve as the setting for divine manifestation and remembrance.
Jāleśvara—Śiva’s celebrated form/shrine associated with the ‘net’ (jāla) episode in Prabhāsakṣetra.
None directly; it provides the name-derivation that supports devotional worship at Jāleśvara.