Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे सर्ववृद्धिशुभोदये । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विदुरस्तत्क्षणाद्ययौ

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre sarvavṛddhiśubhodaye | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vidurastatkṣaṇādyayau

Translation

Im heiligen Kṣetra des Hāṭakeśvara—wo jeglicher Wohlstand wächst und Heilvolles aufstrahlt—brach Vidura, nachdem er jene Worte vernommen hatte, sogleich auf.

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in the Hāṭakeśvara (related)
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वरज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; (क्षेत्रे इति विशेषण—‘in Hāṭakeśvara-born/connected’)

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

• सर्ववृद्धिशुभोदये: in (the place of) all prosperity and auspicious rise
• सर्ववृद्धिशुभोदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्ववृद्धि + शुभोदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (सर्ववृद्धिः च शुभोदयः च)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (वचनम् इति विशेषण)

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately; at that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (तत्क्षणात् = तत् क्षणात्), पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय (immediately/from that moment)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vidura departs immediately—walking staff in hand, travel bundle, determined gaze; in the distance, a kṣetra with a Śiva shrine silhouette and signs of prosperity (lush fields, flowing water, golden light).

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Vidura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt obedience to dhārmic counsel and turning toward a kṣetra accelerates auspicious transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised as a place that generates universal prosperity and auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Immediate undertaking of pilgrimage (yātrā) to the named kṣetra upon receiving spiritual instruction.