Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ईदृशं च महाक्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सावित्री तत्र संस्थिता

Transliteration

īdṛśaṃ ca mahākṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam | etasminneva kāle tu sāvitrī tatra saṃsthitā

Translation

„So ist wahrlich dieses große heilige Feld—entstanden aus der Macht und Gegenwart Hāṭakeśvaras. In eben jener Zeit war Sāvitrī dort zugegen.“

Word by Word

• īdṛśam: such, of this kind
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahākṣetram: great sacred field/holy region
• mahākṣetram: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• hāṭakeśvara-saṃbhavam: arisen from Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hāṭakeśvarasya saṃbhavam) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; genitive tatpurusha)

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• tu: but, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Feminine nominative singular)

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

• saṃsthitā: situated, present
• saṃsthitā: Karta-bhāva (State of subject/कर्तृभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: saṃsthita)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषण (PPP; Feminine nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Mahākṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred field marked by a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva-form as Hāṭakeśvara; Sāvitrī stands present, dignified and luminous, indicating Devī-sannidhāna within the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Sāvitrī
• Mahākṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s greatness is rooted in the deity’s presence; divine history and sacred geography together establish its māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (a ‘mahākṣetra’ linked to Hāṭakeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse identifies the kṣetra’s divine origin and the presence of Sāvitrī.