Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87
गत्वा च स तया सार्धं तत्क्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वरम् । तल्लिंगं प्राप्य संहृष्टश्चिरं तेपे तपस्ततः
gatvā ca sa tayā sārdhaṃ tatkṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvaram | talliṃgaṃ prāpya saṃhṛṣṭaściraṃ tepe tapastataḥ
সেই নাৰীৰ সৈতে একেলগে তেওঁ হাটকেশ্বৰ নামৰ সেই পবিত্ৰ ক্ষেত্ৰলৈ গ’ল। সেই লিঙ্গত উপনীত হৈ আনন্দিত হৈ, তাত বহুদিন ধৰি তপস্যা কৰিলে।
Narrator (contextual; within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim couple arrives at a Śaiva kṣetra; the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga stands beneath a sacred tree or shrine canopy; the male devotee, radiant with joy, begins long austerities—seated in padmāsana, matted hair, rosary, with offerings at the liṅga.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a Śiva-kṣetra and sustained tapas at the liṅga are portrayed as direct means to spiritual uplift and divine favor.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and its Śiva-liṅga are explicitly glorified.
Tapas (austerity/penance) at the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga is the featured practice.
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