Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

सत्यसंध उवाच । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे मयासीत्स्थापितं पुरा । लिंगं वृषभनाथस्य तावदस्ति सुपुत्रक

Transliteration

satyasaṃdha uvāca | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre mayāsītsthāpitaṃ purā | liṃgaṃ vṛṣabhanāthasya tāvadasti suputraka

Translation

Satyasaṃdha dit : Dans le kṣetra sacré de Hāṭakeśvara, jadis j’ai établi un liṅga de Vṛṣabhanātha ; il s’y trouve encore, mon cher fils.

Word by Word

• सत्यसंधः: Satyasaṃdha (a person named/epithet)
• सत्यसंधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यसंध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सत्यः संधः यस्य/सत्यसंधः)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/at (the) Hāṭakeśvara-related
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य जातम्/सम्बद्धम्)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थापितम्: installed/established
• स्थापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘लिङ्गम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पुरा: formerly/earlier
• पुरा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• वृषभनाथस्य: of Vṛṣabhanātha
• वृषभनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वृषभस्य नाथः)

• तावत्: so long/so much
• तावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: निपात/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (particle: ‘so much/for that long’)

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुपुत्रक: O good son!
• सुपुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सु-पुत्रकः)

Speaker

Satyasaṃdha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (with Vṛṣabhanātha-liṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Supuत्रक (addressed as ‘dear son’; within the royal dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An aged king Satyasaṃdha points toward a venerable Śiva-liṅga in the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, recalling that he established it long ago; the liṅga bears the aura of Vṛṣabhanātha with Nandin nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Satyasaṃdha
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Vṛṣabhanātha
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing and preserving Śiva worship at a kṣetra is presented as enduring dharma that sanctifies a place across generations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is highlighted as the locus of the Vṛṣabhanātha liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the verse points toward liṅga-upāsanā—reverent worship of the established Śiva-liṅga.