Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
आहिल्योवाच । यावत्पश्यामि नो देवं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । तावद्गच्छामि नो गेहं यदा पश्यामि तं हरम्
āhilyovāca | yāvatpaśyāmi no devaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | tāvadgacchāmi no gehaṃ yadā paśyāmi taṃ haram
قالت آهِليّا: «ما دمتُ لم أُبصِر الربَّ المعروف باسم هاتاكيشڤارا فلن أعود إلى بيتي. فإذا رأيتُ ذلك هارا (شِڤا) عندئذٍ أرجع.»
Āhilyā
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Āhilyā speaks with firm eyes and folded hands, refusing to return home until she beholds Hāṭakeśvara; a Śiva temple rises ahead with bilva trees and a faint linga silhouette.
FAQs
Single-pointed devotion (niṣṭhā) is shown through a vow centered on Śiva-darśana.
Hāṭakeśvara—presented as a Śiva form/liṅga associated with the tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
A resolve/vow: not to return home until obtaining darśana of Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva).