Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे सर्वतीर्थमये शुभे । आराधनं प्रकुर्वाणा वसामो येन वै वयम्

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre sarvatīrthamaye śubhe | ārādhanaṃ prakurvāṇā vasāmo yena vai vayam

Translation

Im glückverheißenden heiligen Gebiet des Hāṭakeśvara—das alle Tīrthas in sich vereint—mögen wir wohnen, unablässig Verehrung darbringend, damit wir durch diese Anbetung dort beständig verweilen.

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: born of/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर-ज (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + ज)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रे)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वतीर्थमये: consisting of all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थमये: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तीर्थ-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तीर्थ + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रे)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रे)

• आराधनम्: worship
• आराधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• प्रकुर्वाणाः: doing / performing
• प्रकुर्वाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• वसामः: we dwell
• वसामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Tāpasāḥ (continuation of the ascetics’ request)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra glowing as ‘all tīrthas in one’: symbolic rivers, ghats, shrines, and sacred trees subtly integrated; ascetics perform continuous worship, suggesting a lived pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Sarva-tīrtha (all tirthas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes spiritually transformative when life is shaped as steady ārādhana within sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised as ‘sarva-tīrtha-maya’ (containing the merit of all holy places).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ongoing ārādhana (regular worship/propitiation) while residing in the kṣetra.