Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

आहिल्योवाच । यावत्पश्यामि नो देवं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । तावद्गच्छामि नो गेहं यदा पश्यामि तं हरम्

Transliteration

āhilyovāca | yāvatpaśyāmi no devaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | tāvadgacchāmi no gehaṃ yadā paśyāmi taṃ haram

Translation

Āhilyā sprach: „Solange ich den Herrn, der Hāṭakeśvara genannt wird, nicht schaue, gehe ich nicht heim. Erst wenn ich jenen Hara (Śiva) erblicke, kehre ich zurück.“

Word by Word

• āhilyā: Ahilyā
• āhilyā: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhilyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• yāvat: until / as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: अवधि/पर्यन्तार्थक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (enclitic)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñitam: named Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka + īśvara + saṃjñita (कृदन्त; √jñā with sam-)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय ‘हाटकेश्वर’ (हाटकस्य ईश्वरः) + ‘संज्ञित’ (named); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying devam)

• tāvat: until then / so long
• tāvat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: तावदर्थक-अव्यय (so long/then)

• gacchāmi: I go
• gacchāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (enclitic)

• geham: home
• geham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: geha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• haram: Hara (Śiva)
• haram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); तं हरम् = apposition

Speaker

Āhilyā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āhilyā speaks with firm eyes and folded hands, refusing to return home until she beholds Hāṭakeśvara; a Śiva temple rises ahead with bilva trees and a faint linga silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Āhilyā
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion (niṣṭhā) is shown through a vow centered on Śiva-darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara—presented as a Śiva form/liṅga associated with the tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A resolve/vow: not to return home until obtaining darśana of Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva).