Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
आस्तां तावत्तपस्तप्त्वा व्रतं नियममेव वा । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे सिद्धिः संवसतोऽपि च
āstāṃ tāvattapastaptvā vrataṃ niyamameva vā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre siddhiḥ saṃvasato'pi ca
حتى من غير ممارسة التقشّف، ولا نذرٍ ولا التزامٍ صارمٍ بالنيامَة؛ فبمجرد الإقامة في كِشيترا هاطكيشڤارا (Hāṭakeśvara) تُنال السِّدهي الروحية.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred Śiva-kṣetra labeled Hāṭakeśvara, with pilgrims dwelling in simple huts/maṭhas; the land itself radiates siddhi while austerities are shown as optional in the background.
FAQs
Holy geography has transformative power: sincere residence in a sanctified kṣetra can grant siddhi even without extreme ascetic practice.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (the sacred region associated with Hāṭakeśvara).
No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on kṣetra-vāsa (dwelling in the holy place) as itself efficacious.