Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ kṣetramāhātmyamuttamam | hāṭakeśvaradevasya sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

এ সবই তোমাদের বলা হল—ভগবান হাটকেশ্বরের ক্ষেত্রের পরম মাহাত্ম্য, যা সকল পাপ নাশ করে।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• वः: to you; for you
• वः: Sampradana/Shashthi-sambandha (To/for you; of you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: told; explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: the greatness of the sacred region
• क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र-माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य: of Lord Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर-देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हाटकेश्वरः देवः यस्य/हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘voḥ’ (plural audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding narration scene: the speaker gestures toward a radiant Śiva-liṅga labeled Hāṭakeśvara; around it, symbolic dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light; listeners sit reverently.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Kṣetra-māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic ‘place-māhātmya’ frames sacred geography as a means of moral purification and renewal through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra (holy region) of Hāṭakeśvara Deva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a single act here; it functions as a conclusion affirming that the narrated pilgrimage practices in Hāṭakeśvara’s kṣetra remove sins.