Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
तत्राद्यं स्थापितं लिंगं हाटकेन सुरोत्तमैः । यत्तत्संकीर्त्यते लोके पाताले हाटकेश्वरम्
tatrādyaṃ sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ hāṭakena surottamaiḥ | yattatsaṃkīrtyate loke pātāle hāṭakeśvaram
তাত প্ৰথমে হাটকে দেৱশ্ৰেষ্ঠসকলৰ সৈতে এক লিঙ্গ স্থাপন কৰিছিল। সেই ধামেই লোকত আৰু পাতালতো ‘হাটকেশ্বৰ’ নামে প্ৰখ্যাত।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-uttama / muni interlocutor (contextual)
Scene: Devas and a figure named Hāṭaka perform the first installation of a radiant Śiva-liṅga; the scene hints at subterranean/otherworldly fame—Pātāla motifs like nāgas or jeweled caverns subtly appear.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is anchored through the liṅga, making the kṣetra a living conduit of purification and divine accessibility.
Hāṭakeśvara—famed as a Śiva-liṅga connected with Pātāla, and worshipped/remembered in the human world.
Implicitly, worship/recitation of the name (saṃkīrtana) of Hāṭakeśvara; explicit rites appear in subsequent verses.