Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

आषाढस्य सिते पक्ष एकादश्या दिने सदा । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तत्रागत्य स्वयं विभुः

Transliteration

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣa ekādaśyā dine sadā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāgatya svayaṃ vibhuḥ

Translation

دائمًا، في اليوم الحادي عشر (إكادشي) من النصف المضيء من شهر آṣāḍha، يأتي الربّ الجليل بنفسه إلى هناك، إلى الحقل المقدّس لهاṭakeśvara.

Word by Word

• āṣāḍhasya: of Āṣāḍha (month)
• āṣāḍhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṣāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• site: in the bright (fortnight)
• site: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• pakṣe: in the fortnight
• pakṣe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ekādaśyāḥ: of the eleventh (tithi)
• ekādaśyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• hāṭakeśvaraje: in (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaraje: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara + ja (प्रातिपदिक; ‘born/connected with Hāṭakeśvara’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyā (Auxiliary action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic)

• vibhuḥ: the Lord
• vibhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred field (kṣetra) of Hāṭakeśvara under bright fortnight moonlight; on Ekādaśī the Lord manifests/arrives, with devotees gathered, flags and lamps, a sense of annual festival epiphany.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Ekādaśī
• Āṣāḍha
• Vibhu (Lord/Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (kṣetra) converge—Ekādaśī at a tīrtha becomes a privileged doorway to divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the locus of the Lord’s arrival.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance centered on Āṣāḍha-śukla Ekādaśī, associated with the Lord’s ritual ‘coming’ and ensuing śayana observance.