Jyodhir Lingam Nakeswarer

Nageswaram Naganatham Nagabrana booshidham |
Nataka-pradham Navarasa Pradham Jyodhir-Swaroopam Vandhe Namami ||

Once in Tharuga vanam all the sages thought that yaga could fullfill all their desires and it was not necessary to worship god. The wives of the sages also followed their husbands. So they all neglected to worship god .When Lord Shiva came to know about this he wanted to teach a lesson to them. Shiva ordered Vishnu to change himself as a beautiful girl, go near the sages and play veena. Lord Siva went to the sages' houses as a saint and asked for some food. In the mean time Vishnu went as a beautiful girl to the place where the sages were performing yaga and played veena. All the sages stoped chanting mantras and came out to see the girl who was playing the veena. They fell in love with her. The sages forgot the mantras, yagas and every thing else and were following the charming girl. In the meantime the sages wives were not leaving the handsome saint who had come to beg and asked him to sing a song. The sages followed the charming girl and their wives too followed the handsome saint and they all met in one point. The sages asked the saint why he had come to Tharugavanam. The saint told them that his visit was to do Yaga with his wife- the lady whom all the sages were following. Hearing this all the sages were very angry and said "Your wife is not a good girl; you can not perform Yaga here with her." The saint was upset about the sages' comment about his wife and said " How about all your wives ? From the begining I am noticing that they have no mind to leave me alone". All the sages cursed the saint but the curse did not came true. Vishnu and Siva ( the Lady and the saint ) disappeared. From that time Tharugavanam became dry with no water. All the sages and their wives fell sick. The sages went to Brahma-logam and prayed to Brahma. Brahma reminded the sages about the incident about the lady and the saint that happend in Tharugavanam. However for salvation Brahma gave a Lingam to them and told them that they shoud pray to Lord Siva with "Panchakshari Maha-mantram". Accordingly all the sages did pooja to the Lingam chanting Panchakshari for years. Siva appeard before them in Jyothiswaroopa and blessed them. He merged with the Lingam that Brahma gave to the sages and the lingam came to be called Nageswara Lingam.  OM Hreem Nama Sivaya Location It is thirty nine Kilo  meters form Parbhani                                                   Home