Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73
जाले निपतितो यस्माद्दाशानामृषिसत्तमः । जालेश्वरेति नामासौ विख्यातः पृथिवीतले
jāle nipatito yasmāddāśānāmṛṣisattamaḥ | jāleśvareti nāmāsau vikhyātaḥ pṛthivītale
چونکہ رشیوں میں افضل وہ ماہی گیروں کے جال میں گر پڑا تھا، اسی سبب وہ زمین پر ‘جالیشور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔
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.