Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य प्रभावेन महात्मनः । कलिकाले च सम्प्राप्ते तीर्थान्यायतनानि च

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaradevasya prabhāvena mahātmanaḥ | kalikāle ca samprāpte tīrthānyāyatanāni ca

Translation

„Durch die Macht des großherzigen Herrn Hāṭakeśvara bleibt, wenn das Kali-Zeitalter heranrückt, die Wirkkraft der heiligen Tīrthas und auch der göttlichen Heiligtümer bestehen.“

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य: of Lord Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘हाटकेश्वरः देवः’ (Hāṭakeśvara-deva)

• प्रभावेन: by the power
• प्रभावेन: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (Lord)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण देवस्य (of the great-souled one)

• कलिकाले: in the Kali age
• कलिकाले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘कलिकाल’ = time of Kali

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

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) had come/arrived
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, क्त (past participle) used as locative absolute; पुं/नपुंसक; ‘when (it) has arrived’

• तीर्थानि: sacred places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• आयतनानि: shrines/abodes
• आयतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समुच्चित-कर्तृ (co-subject)

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

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Śiva-linga of Hāṭakeśvara radiates light over a landscape of tīrthas and small shrines; the speaker points to the linga as the source of enduring potency while dark Kali-yuga clouds recede.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Kali-yuga
• Tīrthas
• Āyatanas (shrines)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prabhāva) preserves the sanctity of tīrthas and temples even in spiritually difficult ages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara’s sacred sphere is invoked as the source of protection for tīrthas (including Puṣkara in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse asserts ongoing efficacy of tīrthas and shrines.