Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे पञ्चपिंडा व्यवस्थिता । गौरी गौर्या स्वयं तत्र स्थापिता परमेश्वरी

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre pañcapiṃḍā vyavasthitā | gaurī gauryā svayaṃ tatra sthāpitā parameśvarī

Translation

في الحقل المقدّس لهاṭakeśvara أُقيمت خمسُ «پِنْدَا»؛ وهناك نُصِّبت الإلهةُ العُظمى—غاورِي—بيدِ غاورِي نفسها.

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/at Hāṭakeśvara-born (i.e., belonging to Hāṭakeśvara)
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वरज (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (locative adjective)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पञ्चपिण्डाः: the five piṇḍas (lumps/offerings)
• पञ्चपिण्डाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चपिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + पिण्ड)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; द्विगुसमासः (numeral compound)

• व्यवस्थिताः: are situated/placed
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि/स्थितिवाचकः (past participle: 'placed/standing')

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• गौर्या: by Gaurī
• गौर्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; आत्मवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (reflexive adverb: 'herself')

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (locative adverb)

• स्थापिता: installed/established
• स्थापिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापयति; स्थापिता (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle: 'installed/placed')

• परमेश्वरी: the Supreme Goddess
• परमेश्वरी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (the supreme goddess)

Speaker

Sage (instructor) continuing the account

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove/field of Hāṭakeśvara with five rounded piṇḍas arranged ritually; Gaurī (golden-hued) performs a mystical installation of her own Devī-form, with subtle aura and attendants holding lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• pañcapiṇḍāḥ
• Gaurī
• Parameśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes a living source of grace through divine presence; the Goddess is accessible through established sacred forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the five piṇḍas and Gaurī’s sacred establishment are described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse identifies the worship locus (Gaurī and the pañcapiṇḍas) that becomes the basis for the prescribed pūjā in the next verses.