तीर्थयात्राकृतारंभः कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे समायातो द्विजोत्तमाः
tīrthayātrākṛtāraṃbhaḥ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre samāyāto dvijottamāḥ
لمّا شرع في حجّ المزارات المقدّسة (التيرثا)، قدم دهننجايا (أرجونا) ابن كونتي إلى الحقل المقدّس لهاṭakeśvara، يا خيرَ ذوي الميلادين.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ (addressed)
Scene: Arjuna, bow on shoulder, arrives at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra with a small retinue; brāhmaṇas greet him; the kṣetra’s shrines and sacred markers appear in the background, signaling the start of a significant tīrtha episode.
Even heroic figures uphold dharma through tīrtha-yātrā, modeling pilgrimage as a sanctifying discipline.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, introduced as Arjuna’s pilgrimage destination within Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 60.
No specific rite; the verse establishes the pilgrimage setting and the arrival at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
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