Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः स शुक्रेण दानवः सत्वरं ययौ । हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रं तपस्तेपे ततः परम्

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sa śukreṇa dānavaḥ satvaraṃ yayau | hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ tapastepe tataḥ param

Translation

Ainsi instruit par Śukra, le Dānava partit aussitôt ; il se rendit au saint kṣetra de Hāṭakeśvara et, dès lors, entreprit des austérités (tapas).

Word by Word

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

• uktaḥ: having been told/spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śukreṇa: by Śukra
• śukreṇa: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent/instrument)

• dānavaḥ: the demon (Dānava)
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• satvaram: quickly, in haste
• satvaram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• hāṭakeśvarajam: originating from/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvarajam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hāṭakeśvarasya jaḥ = born of/connected with Hāṭakeśvara); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kṣetram: the sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• tepe: performed (austerity)
• tepe: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (from there/then)

• param: further, afterwards
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative); क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in the Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not stated in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra instructs the Dānava; the Dānava departs swiftly toward a Śaiva holy region marked by a liṅga-shrine and pilgrimage landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra
• Dānava
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True counsel is followed by immediate action—pilgrimage and disciplined austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, shown as a destination for tapas and transformation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) undertaken at the kṣetra.