Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74
क्षीरार्णवं परित्यज्य हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते । क्षेत्रे गत्वा समं लक्ष्म्या तस्योपरि ततः परम्
kṣīrārṇavaṃ parityajya hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite | kṣetre gatvā samaṃ lakṣmyā tasyopari tataḥ param
«اتركْ محيطَ اللبن، واذهبْ مع لاكشمي إلى البقعة المقدّسة المعروفة باسم هاطاكِيشڤارا؛ ثم هناك، على ذلك الموضع، امضِ فيما بعدُ بما ينبغي فعله»۔
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devendra (Indra)
Scene: Viṣṇu departs the Kṣīrārṇava with Lakṣmī, journeying toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; the scene blends cosmic ocean imagery with the anticipation of a terrestrial sacred site.
FAQs
Divine presence is not confined to the cosmic abode; it also manifests in sacred places on earth, making tīrthas powerful centers of grace.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named and set up as the key sacred location in this segment.
A directive to go to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (a pilgrimage/relocation instruction) is given; no bathing/charity details appear in this verse.