Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
जाले निपतितो यस्माद्दाशानामृषिसत्तमः । जालेश्वरेति नामासौ विख्यातः पृथिवीतले
jāle nipatito yasmāddāśānāmṛṣisattamaḥ | jāleśvareti nāmāsau vikhyātaḥ pṛthivītale
कारण मच्छीमारांच्या जाळ्यात तो श्रेष्ठ ऋषी पडला होता, म्हणून तो पृथ्वीवर ‘जालेश्वर’ या नावाने प्रसिद्ध झाला.
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.