Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । ऋचीकतनयः पूर्वं जमदग्निरिति स्मृतः । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तत्रासीद्दग्धकल्मषः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | ṛcīkatanayaḥ pūrvaṃ jamadagniriti smṛtaḥ | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāsīddagdhakalmaṣaḥ

Translation

Sūta sprach: „Einst war der Sohn des Ṛcīka unter dem Namen Jamadagni bekannt. Im heiligen Kṣetra von Hāṭakeśvara weilte er, als wären seine Sünden verbrannt und ausgelöscht.“

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ऋचीकतनयः: the son of Ṛcīka
• ऋचीकतनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋचीक + तनय (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋचीकस्य तनयः = 'son of Ṛcīka')

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• स्मृतः: was known/called
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (स्मृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/at (the place) of Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य जः = 'born of/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara')

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• आसीत्: was/existed
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दग्धकल्मषः: one whose sins were burnt (purified)
• दग्धकल्मषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दग्ध + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (दग्धं कल्मषं यस्य/दग्ध-कल्मषः = 'whose sin is burnt/one with burnt impurity')

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jamadagni, son of Ṛcīka, seated in an āśrama within the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field; the landscape itself appears luminous, suggesting sins ‘burnt away’.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Jamadagni
• Ṛcīka
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true kṣetra purifies: residence and righteous living in a sanctified place is portrayed as burning away impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (the sacred field associated with Hāṭakeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse implies the purifying power of dwelling in the kṣetra with dharmic conduct.