Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा जातवेदा देवादर्शनवांछया । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे देवस्य परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

evamuktvā jātavedā devādarśanavāṃchayā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

So sprach Jātavedas (Agni) und, nach dem Anblick der Götter verlangend, begab er sich in das heilige Gebiet von Hāṭakeśvara, das Kṣetra des höchsten Herrn.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• जातवेदा: Jātavedā (Agni)
• जातवेदा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

• देव: of the gods
• देव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन (Plural)

• दर्शन: of seeing/vision
• दर्शन: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (Singular)

• वाञ्छया: with the desire
• वाञ्छया: Hetu/Kāraṇa (Cause/Motive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन (Singular)

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in the Hāṭakeśvara-related
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हाटकेश्वरस्य जः = born/connected with Hāṭakeśvara); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन (Singular); क्षेत्रे इति विशेषणम्

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन (Singular)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (Singular)

• परमेष्ठिनः: of the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• परमेष्ठिनः: Sambandha (Genitive apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (within Śuka’s recitation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni (Jātavedas), radiant yet restrained, sets out toward the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region, the landscape marked by Śaiva emblems and a sense of threshold into a divine precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Parameṣṭhin (Supreme Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra is a meeting-point of divine presence; yearning for darśana draws beings toward sanctified space and the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the sacred field of the supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse identifies the kṣetra and frames it as a darśana-oriented pilgrimage destination.