Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरलिंगं च प्रयतो यः स्मरेदपि । तस्य स्याद्वरदो ब्रह्मा तेनेदं स्थापितं जय

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraliṃgaṃ ca prayato yaḥ smaredapi | tasya syādvarado brahmā tenedaṃ sthāpitaṃ jaya

Translation

حتى من يضبط نفسه ولا يفعل إلا أن يتذكّر لِنْغَ هاطَكِيشْفَرَ، يجد براهما مُنْعِمًا عليه وواهِبَ النِّعَم؛ لأن براهما هو الذي أقام هذا (اللِّنْغَ)، يا جَيَا.

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गम्: the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga
• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक + ईश्वर + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य लिङ्गम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• प्रयतः: disciplined, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (even/also)

• तस्य: of him, for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ब्रह्मा)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (context: object)

• स्थापितम्: has been established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था + √पि? (causative) / √स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; √स्था (स्थापयति-णिच्) से ‘स्थापित’

• जय: O Jaya
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक/सम्बोधन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; सम्भाषण

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jaya (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a distant place closes his eyes and remembers the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga; a luminous vision of the liṅga appears in the heart-lotus; Brahmā, pleased, bestows a boon gesture, indicating pratiṣṭhā-linked grace.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Brahmā
• Jaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In tīrtha-māhātmya literature, even remembrance (smaraṇa) of a sanctified liṅga is said to yield divine favor when done with purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga, noted as established by Brahmā within the Stambhatīrtha/Somanātha sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional recollection) of the liṅga, performed by a prayata (self-controlled) devotee.