Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
हाटकेश्वरमित्युक्तमस्ति क्षेत्रमनुत्तमम् । लिंगस्य पतनाज्जातं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः
hāṭakeśvaramityuktamasti kṣetramanuttamam | liṃgasya patanājjātaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ
Existe una región sagrada sin par llamada Hāṭakeśvara, nacida de la caída—la manifestación descendente—del liṅga del Dios de los dioses, el Señor portador del tridente, Śūlin.
Bṛhaspati (as reported in Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant liṅga descends or ‘falls’ onto a sanctified ground; Śiva as Śūlin (trident-bearing) presides, while the landscape transforms into a luminous kṣetra with devotees and sages witnessing the epiphany.
FAQs
Śiva establishes protected centers of holiness; devotion to the liṅga connects devotees to an imperishable sacred presence.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly glorified as an unsurpassed sacred region.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it provides the kṣetra’s name and Śaiva origin (liṅga-avataraṇa).