Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे यश्चोद्वाहस्तयोरभूत् । स्वायंभुवमनोराद्ये स संजातः सुविस्तरः
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yaścodvāhastayorabhūt | svāyaṃbhuvamanorādye sa saṃjātaḥ suvistaraḥ
That marriage of the two which took place in the sacred region of Hāṭakeśvara—first arising in the primeval age of Svāyaṃbhuva Manu—has become widely renowned and richly unfolded in holy tradition.
Narrative (contextual lead-in; implied Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A divine wedding motif anchored in a specific kṣetra: Śiva as Hāṭakeśvara with Pārvatī, surrounded by ṛṣis and devas; the landscape bears a distinctive shrine-marker of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred events tied to a tīrtha become enduring sources of dharma and remembrance across ages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the locus of an ancient divine marriage narrative.
None explicitly; the verse frames the tīrtha’s fame through the account of the marriage.