ज्वालेश्वरं तु तत्तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । तत्र ज्वाला नदी पार्थ प्रस्रुता शिवनिर्मिता
jvāleśvaraṃ tu tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam | tatra jvālā nadī pārtha prasrutā śivanirmitā
ते तीर्थ ‘ज्वालेश्वर’ म्हणून त्रैलोक्यात प्रसिद्ध आहे। हे पार्था, तेथे शिवनिर्मित ‘ज्वाला’ नावाची नदी प्रवाहित होते।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Jvāleśvara-tīrtha (with Jvālā–Revā association)
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: A radiant Śiva-tīrtha: Jvāleśvara shrine by a glowing stream (Jvālā) emerging as if from Śiva’s tapas/third-eye fire, flowing toward the broad Revā; pilgrims stand at the ford in reverence.
Sacred geography is divine revelation: tīrthas and rivers are portrayed as Śiva’s own manifestations for human uplift.
Jvāleśvara-Tīrtha, along with the Jvālā river, within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred landscape).
This verse introduces the tīrtha and its divine origin; ritual details (snāna etc.) follow.