Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततश्च स्थापिता देवी कृत्वा रत्नमयी शुभा । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे मया तत्र सुरेश्वर

Transliteration

tataśca sthāpitā devī kṛtvā ratnamayī śubhā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre mayā tatra sureśvara

Translation

«Puis j’y ai installé la Déesse de bon augure, la façonnant sous une forme de joyaux. Dans le saint domaine de Hāṭakeśvara, ô Seigneur des dieux, je l’y ai établie.»

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अपादान/क्रमवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• स्थापिता: was installed/established
• स्थापिता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थापित (कृदन्त, णिच्)
• Form: कृदन्तः (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययः / past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘देवी’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriyavisheshana (Converb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्तः (क्त्वा/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done/made)

• रत्नमयी: made of jewels
• रत्नमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (तद्धित-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देव्याः)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/at (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; ‘क्षेत्रे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; -ज = ‘born/connected with’

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; कर्तृवाचकः (agent)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (locative adverb)

• सुरेश्वर: O lord of the gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Lakṣmī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvara (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration scene: the jewel-formed Goddess image is installed on a pedestal in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, with priests, vessels, and divine witnesses; Indra-like ‘sureśvara’ is addressed.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Gaurī/Parameśvarī)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing divine presence in a kṣetra through pratisthā and worship is portrayed as sanctifying place and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region where the Devī is installed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (sthāpanā/pratiṣṭhā) and ongoing worship are implied as the kṣetra’s sustaining rites.