It is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga sanctums said in the Shiva Purana. Nagesha is accepted to be the primary such shrine. According to Shiv Mahapuraan, Brahma The Creator and Vishnu The Preserver once had a contradiction about which of them was supreme. To test them, Shiva penetrated the three universes as a limitless mainstay of light, the Jyotirlinga. Vishnu and Brahma went separate ways to decide the degree of each finish of the column. Brahma, who had set off upward, lied that he had found the upper end of the column, however Vishnu, who had gone toward the base of the column, conceded that he had not. Shiva at that point showed up as a moment Jyotirlinga and reviled Brahma, disclosing to him that he would have no place in the functions,