Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

कीदृक्क्षेत्रं च तत्पुण्यं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । कीदृशास्ते च विप्रेन्द्रा ऋत्विजस्तत्र ये स्थिताः

Transliteration

kīdṛkkṣetraṃ ca tatpuṇyaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | kīdṛśāste ca viprendrā ṛtvijastatra ye sthitāḥ

Translation

হাটকেশ্বৰ নামে খ্যাত সেই পুণ্য ক্ষেত্ৰ কেনেকুৱা? আৰু তাত অৱস্থিত ঋত্বিজ পুৰোহিতসকল—সেই শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ব্ৰাহ্মণসকল কেনেকুৱা?

Word by Word

• कीदृक्: what kind of
• कीदृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश्/कीदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (क्षेत्रम् इति सह) — Interrogative adjective, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• क्षेत्रम्: holy place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular (deictic)

• पुण्यम्: holy/meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: named Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटक-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वर इति संज्ञा यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Determinative compound, Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular

• कीदृशाः: what sort of
• कीदृशाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (interrogative)

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः) — Vocative/Nominative, Plural; determinative compound used as address

• ऋत्विजः: priests (ṛtviks)
• ऋत्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (relative pronoun)

• स्थिताः: are present/standing
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual interlocutor in Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful interlocutor (disciple/ṛṣi) asks about the holy field Hāṭakeśvara and the eminent ṛtvijas; the setting is a shaded hermitage near the kṣetra, with listeners attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Vipras (Brahmins)
• Ṛtvijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is known not only by its name but by its sanctity, its worship of Īśvara, and the purity of its ritual community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, a Śaiva sacred place discussed within the Rūpatīrtha narrative of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The presence of ṛtvijas implies ongoing Vedic/Smārta ritual service, though no specific rite is prescribed in this verse.