नाम्ना नलेश्वरं देवि स्थापितं तु नलेन वै । दमयन्तीयुतेनैव ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रं तदुत्तमम्
nāmnā naleśvaraṃ devi sthāpitaṃ tu nalena vai | damayantīyutenaiva jñātvā kṣetraṃ taduttamam
हे देवी! उसका नाम ‘नलेश्वर’ है; उस उत्तम क्षेत्र की पवित्रता जानकर राजा नल ने दमयन्ती सहित स्वयं उसकी स्थापना की थी।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued instruction)
Tirtha: Naleśvara
Type: temple
Scene: King Nala and Queen Damayantī, travel-worn yet radiant, perform liṅga-pratiṣṭhā: placing the liṅga, pouring water, offering flowers; sages witness as the kṣetra glows with sanctity.
When great souls recognize a place’s sanctity, they consecrate it through devotion, turning geography into living dharma.
Naleśvara (a Śiva-liṅga/tīrtha) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No explicit rite; it narrates the founding (sthāpana) by Nala with Damayantī.
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