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
അതുപോലെ ‘ഈശാനാ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്ന എന്റെ ഈ മൂർത്തിയെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന പുരുഷന്മാരുടെ പ്രിയ, ദുഷ്ടസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവളായാലും, നിശ്ചയമായി സൗമ്യയും സുസ്വഭാവിനിയും ആകുന്നു.
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.