THE LIVING ARCHIVE
About Nageshwar
The Shiva Purana locates the story in a forest belonging to rakshasas, powerful beings led by a male Daruka and a female Daruka. Their similarly rendered names belong to two figures. The female has received Parvati’s favor, making the later rescue a problem involving both Shiva’s protection of a devotee and the Goddess’s earlier promise.
More About Nageshwar
A Jyotirlinga name with more than one traditional identification; no universal location claim is made.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- Location
- Form
- Living sacred geography
- Tradition
- Hindu religious traditions
THE STORY
Origins & Stories
ROLE & ESSENCE
Attributes & Significance
The shrine story joins perseverance in worship with the coordination of divine boons. Supriya’s devotion matters because he practices and shares it while powerless; Parvati’s intervention matters because a prior promise cannot be treated as though it never existed.
Ancient / Sacred Name
Nageshwar
Modern Identification
Gujarat and other regional claims, India
Identification Confidence
Traditional identification
Country / Region
Gujarat and other regional claims, India
Associated Figures
Sacred Significance & Narrative
A Jyotirlinga name with more than one traditional identification; no universal location claim is made.
Events / Battles
See the linked narrative records.
Historical / Archaeological Evidence
This overview does not identify a site-specific excavation report. A living physical place does not prove every event traditionally associated with it.
Textual Geography Notes
Ancient regions, literary geography and modern pilgrimage identifications are distinguished.
Tradition Notes
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
Archive Classification Notes
Original archive annotations are retained here. The current playable classification is shown in the side panel.
- Tradition Dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Kingdom / Dynasty
- Not established in the passage; no additional claim is made here.
TRADITION & MEANING
Traditions & Interpretations
Nageshwar near Dwarka in Gujarat and Aundha Nagnath in Maharashtra are both identified as Jyotirlinga shrines in their respective regional accounts. These living identifications should be named separately rather than presented as one universally settled modern location.
The Purana’s forest and western-sea setting belongs to its sacred narrative. Present-day claims connect particular temples with that story, but the narrative by itself does not settle every dispute about which existing site carries the name.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
From the Sacred Texts
Explore the sacred texts behind these stories in the Suvarnaveda library.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected Cards
3 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Characters & Cosmic Entities2
Shiva protects Supriya and remains as Nageshvara.
Parvati grants Daruka’s boon and protects the continuation of her line.
Astras1
The Pashupata weapon is granted during Supriya’s rescue in this account.