Place · Shaiva · The Himalaya · Lidder valley, Kashmir, about 3,570 m

Sheshnag lake

Also called: Sesanaga, Suesram Nag, Shishram Nag

The milky-green mountain lake on the Pahalgam route, a night halt of the yatra at about 11,730 ft, where the pilgrims' legend has Shiva release his serpents. Kalhana (1.267) tells it as the lake of dazzling whiteness the remorseful Naga Susravas made for himself on a far mountain, which people on the Amareshvara pilgrimage still see; Stein notes the pilgrims' name Sesanaga and the older Suesram Nag.

Sources: Kalhana's Rajatarangini, translated by M. A. Stein, vol. 1 (1900), archive.org dli.pahar.1527; Amarnath Temple, Wikipedia (the Amarnath Yatra page is the same article) · see Sheshnag lake's web

Relations 1

Sheshnag lake home of

Shiva (God) Shaiva · The linga of ice (what the books and the travellers saw)
The pilgrims' legend leaves his serpents in the lake; Kalhana makes it the Naga Susravas's lake seen on the way to Amareshvara.

Stories 2

The shepherd and the sack of coal (Buta Malik and the finding of the cave)
Local story · 2 tellings
The linga of ice (what the books and the travellers saw)
Local story · 2 tellings

Cited

Kalhana's Rajatarangini, translated by M. A. Stein, vol. 1 (1900), archive.org dli.pahar.1527 Primary text (translation)
Amarnath Temple, Wikipedia (the Amarnath Yatra page is the same article) Encyclopedia