नाम्ना नलेश्वरं देवि स्थापितं तु नलेन वै । दमयन्तीयुतेनैव ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रं तदुत्तमम्
nāmnā naleśvaraṃ devi sthāpitaṃ tu nalena vai | damayantīyutenaiva jñātvā kṣetraṃ taduttamam
हे देवी! त्याचे नाव ‘नलेश्वर’ आहे; त्या उत्तम क्षेत्राची पवित्रता जाणून राजा नलाने दमयंतीसह स्वतः त्याची स्थापना केली.
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.