Nageshvara jyotirlinga is situated in a forest called Daarukavanam In Gujarat [1] According to Shiv Mahapuraan, Brahma (The Creator) and Vishnu (The Preserver) once had a disagreement about which of them was supreme.

[5] At all these sites, the primary deity is a lingam representing the beginning less and endless Stambha pillar, symbolizing the Shiva's infinite nature.

A narrative in the Shiva Purana about the Nageshvara Jyotirlinga tells of a demon named Daruk, who attacked a Shiva devotee named Supriya and imprisoned him along with many others in his city of Darukavana, a city under the sea inhabited by sea snakes and demons.

In order to save the demons of Darukavana from the punishment of the gods, Daruk summoned up the power Parvati had given her.

The demons' response to the chanting was to attempt to kill Supriya, though they were thwarted when Shiva appeared and handed him a divine weapon that saved his life.

In KotiRudra Samhita, Chapter 29, the following shloka says पश्चिमे सागरे तस्य वनं सर्वसमृद्धिमत् । योजनानां षोडशभिर्विस्तृतं सर्वतो दिशम् ॥ ४ ॥ The actual location of the legendary forest of Darukavana is still debated.

Also, according to the ancient treatise Prasadmandanam, "हिमाद्रेरूत्तरे पार्श्वे देवदारूवनं परम् पावनं शंकरस्थानं तत्र् सर्वे शिवार्चिताः।" Because of this the 'Jageswara' temple in Almora, Uttarakhand is commonly identified as Nageshvara Jyotirlinga.

The narratives of Shri Krishna, mention Somanatha and the adjoining Prabhasa tirtha, but not Nageswara or Darukavana in Dwaraka.

In the Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotra (6),[11] Shankaracharya praised this Jyotirlinga as Naganath: "Yamye sadange nagaretiramye vibhushitangam vividhaishcha bhogai Sadbhaktimuktipradamishamekam shrinaganatham sharanam prapadye"This could be taken to mean that it is located in the south ['yamye'] at the town of 'Sadanga', which was the ancient name of Aundh in Maharashtra, south of the Jageswara shrine in Uttarakhand and west of Dwaraka Nageshvara.