Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा जातवेदा देवादर्शनवांछया । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे देवस्य परमेष्ठिनः

Transliteration

evamuktvā jātavedā devādarśanavāṃchayā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ

Translation

Having spoken thus, Jātavedas (Agni)—desiring the sight of the gods—went to the sacred region of Hāṭakeśvara, the field of the supreme Lord.

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.