नागराणां तु विप्राणां सोमेशपुरवासिनाम् । तस्मान्नाम मया दत्तं नागरादित्यमेव हि
nāgarāṇāṃ tu viprāṇāṃ someśapuravāsinām | tasmānnāma mayā dattaṃ nāgarādityameva hi
Vì có liên hệ với các brāhmaṇa Nāgara cư trú tại Someśapura, nên ta đã ban cho danh xưng ‘Nāgarāditya’ quả thật như vậy.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate context of the adhyāya dialogue)
Tirtha: Nāgarāditya (Nāgarārka)
Type: temple
Scene: A narrator explains the naming of the solar deity: ‘Nāgarāditya’ because of the Nāgara brāhmaṇas residing in Someśapura; the shrine and community are shown together.
Purāṇic tīrthas preserve living community memory: a deity’s name can encode local custodianship and sacred residence.
Someśapura in the Prabhāsa region, associated with the Nāgarāditya image.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse explains the naming (nāma-dāna) of the deity/image.
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