Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
एवं तपसि संस्थायास्तस्याः कालो महान्गतः । न च संदर्शनं जातं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्
evaṃ tapasi saṃsthāyāstasyāḥ kālo mahāngataḥ | na ca saṃdarśanaṃ jātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam
Bien qu’elle demeurât absorbée dans une telle austérité, un long temps s’écoula; pourtant aucune vision n’advint : nulle manifestation de Hāṭakeśvara ne lui apparut.
Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A lone ascetic woman in severe tapas in a sacred field; time passing (sun/moon cycles) while the hidden Hāṭakeśvara remains unmanifest.
FAQs
Even sincere practice may be tested by time; perseverance and humility are part of the path to grace.
Hāṭakeśvara, presented as a sacred manifestation connected with the kṣetra described in this Tīrthamāhātmya.
No new ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights continued tapas and the awaited darśana of Hāṭakeśvara.