Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे ममाश्रमपदं कुरु । अनेनैव विधानेन प्रोक्तेन तु महामते

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre mamāśramapadaṃ kuru | anenaiva vidhānena proktena tu mahāmate

Translation

«Dans la contrée sacrée de Hāṭakeśvara, bâtis pour moi une demeure d’āśrama, selon cette même ordonnance déjà énoncée, ô esprit magnanime.»

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणं क्षेत्रे प्रति; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य जातम्/सम्बद्धम्)

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

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• आश्रमपदम्: a hermitage-site
• आश्रमपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थक-तत्पुरुष (place of an āśrama)

• कुरु: make; establish
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• विधानेन: by the procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• प्रोक्तेन: spoken; prescribed
• प्रोक्तेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) विशेषण-प्रयोगः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विधानेन इति विशेष्येण सह

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Yājñavalkya-suta (the son of Yājñavalkya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ṛṣi instructs Viśvakarman to construct an āśrama in Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra, explicitly ‘by this very procedure’; the scene shows a sacred landscape ready for building.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Viśvakarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s sanctity is supported by dharmic institutions—āśramas that preserve teaching, worship, and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly referenced as the sacred region where the āśrama is to be established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to construct an āśrama in accordance with an already-stated vidhāna (procedure), implying adherence to proper sacred protocol.