Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

परमस्ति मया तत्र स्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम् । हाटकेश्वरजेक्षेत्रे सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

paramasti mayā tatra sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam | hāṭakeśvarajekṣetre sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Dort habe ich einen höchsten und vortrefflichen Liṅga errichtet. Im heiligen Kṣetra von Hāṭakeśvara vernichtet er alle Sünden.

Word by Word

• param: supreme/very great
• param: Karma (Predicate complement/विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (very great/supreme)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); प्रथम-पुरुषः एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Instr. sg.)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• sthāpitam: installed/established
• sthāpitam: Karma (Predicate attribute/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → sthāpaya + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘liṅgam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• liṅgam: (Śiva-)liṅga
• liṅgam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Nom./Acc. sg.)

• uttamam: excellent/best
• uttamam: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (superlative)

• hāṭakeśvaraje: at Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaraje: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (हाटकस्य ईश्वरः = Hāṭakeśvara); सप्तमी-एकवचनस्य पूर्वपद-रूपम् ‘-je’ (Loc. sg. m.)—‘in/at Hāṭakeśvara’

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/region
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Loc. sg.)

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Karta (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘liṅgam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely a divine authority within the story praising the site)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, ‘uttama’ liṅga stands in a sanctified precinct; the founder’s authority (Yama/Dharmarāja) is implied, with attendants witnessing the consecration in a golden-hued kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Liṅga)
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence in a consecrated liṅga makes a place spiritually transformative; sincere approach to such a kṣetra is said to dissolve even heavy sins.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (the sacred field/precinct of Hāṭakeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is liṅga-darśana and reverent approach to the kṣetra; no detailed vow or rite is specified in this verse.