Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
ततः क्रमेण सा साध्वी भ्रममाणा महीतले । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे संप्राप्ता रजनी मुखे
tataḥ krameṇa sā sādhvī bhramamāṇā mahītale | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃprāptā rajanī mukhe
Dann gelangte jene tugendhafte Frau, die über die Erde wanderte, nach und nach in das heilige Kṣetra von Hāṭakeśvara, gerade als die Nacht anbrach.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Mahātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (frame not in excerpt)
Scene: A virtuous woman traveler, dust-covered from long wandering, reaches the boundary of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra as night begins; the sky deepens, lamps appear, and the kṣetra seems to glow.
FAQs
A dhārmic journey unfolds by divine timing—reaching a Śaiva kṣetra is presented as a providential turning point.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, a Śaiva sacred region highlighted within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None in this verse; it sets the scene for arrival at the holy place.