Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अत्राऽस्ति सुशुभं तोयं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते । क्षेत्रे तत्र समावासः पुत्र कार्यस्त्वया सदा

Transliteration

atrā'sti suśubhaṃ toyaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite | kṣetre tatra samāvāsaḥ putra kāryastvayā sadā

Translation

Hier gibt es herrliches heiliges Wasser im Kṣetra namens Hāṭakeśvara. Dort sollst du stets wohnen, mein Sohn.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• सुशुभम्: very beautiful
• सुशुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते: in (the place) called Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘हाटकेश्वर’ इति संज्ञा यस्य/यत्र (named Hāṭakeśvara)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• समावासः: residence/dwelling
• समावासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समावास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कार्यः: to be done/should be done
• कार्यः: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—कृ + ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicative)—‘कर्तव्यः/should be done’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया? (No) तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/time-adverb)

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (sacred water later identified as Nāga-tīrtha in the sequence)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not provided in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered elder/teacher points out a shimmering sacred pool within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, instructing his son to dwell there; the water glows with tīrtha-luster and the shrine’s liṅga/śaiva markers frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as divinely appointed refuges where destiny is purified and dharma is stabilized through association and residence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and its auspicious water (tīrtha) are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear prescription of practice-by-place is given: to reside/abide there always (samāvāsa) near the sacred water of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.