नाम्ना नलेश्वरं देवि स्थापितं तु नलेन वै । दमयन्तीयुतेनैव ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रं तदुत्तमम्
nāmnā naleśvaraṃ devi sthāpitaṃ tu nalena vai | damayantīyutenaiva jñātvā kṣetraṃ taduttamam
ಹೇ ದೇವಿ! ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ‘ನಲೇಶ್ವರ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರು; ಆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಮಹಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದು ರಾಜ ನಲನು ದಮಯಂತಿಯೊಡನೆ ಸೇರಿ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಅದನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು.
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.