Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति विख्यातो याज्ञव ल्क्येश्वरः शुभः । तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे द्विजश्रेष्ठा हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञके

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti vikhyāto yājñava lkyeśvaraḥ śubhaḥ | tasminkṣetre dvijaśreṣṭhā hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñake

Translation

Desde entonces, oh el mejor de los nacidos dos veces, en ese campo sagrado llamado Hāṭakeśvara se hizo célebre el Señor auspicioso conocido como Yājñavalkyeśvara.

Word by Word

• ततः: from then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable: from then)

• प्रभृति: onwards
• प्रभृति: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ-निर्देशक (indeclinable: onwards/since)

• विख्यातः: became renowned
• विख्यातः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; ख्या धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally)

• याज्ञवल्क्येश्वरः: Yājñavalkyeśvara (Lord associated with Yājñavalkya)
• याज्ञवल्क्येश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; याज्ञवल्क्य + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• शुभः: auspicious
• शुभः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying याज्ञवल्क्येश्वरः)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative, Singular)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञके: called Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञके: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर-संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक; हाटकेश्वर + संज्ञक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Locative, Singular; qualifying क्षेत्रे)

Speaker

Narrator within the Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in snippet; likely Sūta or a Purāṇic narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: the shrine is shown with an inscription or oral proclamation naming it ‘Yājñavalkyeśvara’ in the ‘Hāṭakeśvara’ field; brāhmaṇas listen as the narrator addresses ‘O best of twice-born’.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkyeśvara
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Śiva
• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place gains enduring sanctity through the manifestation and renown of a Śiva-liṅga connected to a great sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the liṅga is famed as Yājñavalkyeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it establishes the kṣetra-name and the celebrated form of Śiva worshipped there.