Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरलिंगं च प्रयतो यः स्मरेदपि । तस्य स्याद्वरदो ब्रह्मा तेनेदं स्थापितं जय

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraliṃgaṃ ca prayato yaḥ smaredapi | tasya syādvarado brahmā tenedaṃ sthāpitaṃ jaya

Translation

Selbst wer, in Selbstzucht, nur des Hāṭakeśvara-Liṅga gedenkt, findet Brahmā ihm gnädig und segenspendend; denn von Brahmā wurde dieses (Liṅga) errichtet, o Jaya.

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गम्: the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga
• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक + ईश्वर + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य लिङ्गम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• प्रयतः: disciplined, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• स्मरेत्: should remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (even/also)

• तस्य: of him, for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ब्रह्मा)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (context: object)

• स्थापितम्: has been established
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था + √पि? (causative) / √स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; √स्था (स्थापयति-णिच्) से ‘स्थापित’

• जय: O Jaya
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक/सम्बोधन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; सम्भाषण

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jaya (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a distant place closes his eyes and remembers the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga; a luminous vision of the liṅga appears in the heart-lotus; Brahmā, pleased, bestows a boon gesture, indicating pratiṣṭhā-linked grace.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Brahmā
• Jaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In tīrtha-māhātmya literature, even remembrance (smaraṇa) of a sanctified liṅga is said to yield divine favor when done with purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga, noted as established by Brahmā within the Stambhatīrtha/Somanātha sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa (devotional recollection) of the liṅga, performed by a prayata (self-controlled) devotee.