Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एतत्पश्यतु ते भार्या अहिल्या दिव्यरूपिणी । अष्टषष्ट्युद्भवं येन यात्राफलमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

etatpaśyatu te bhāryā ahilyā divyarūpiṇī | aṣṭaṣaṣṭyudbhavaṃ yena yātrāphalamavāpnuyāt

Translation

« Que ton épouse Ahalyā, à la forme divine, contemple cela aussi ; par cela, on obtient le fruit du pèlerinage lié aux “soixante-huit” manifestations sacrées. »

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यतु: let (her) see
• पश्यतु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 3rd person, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अहिल्या: Ahalyā
• अहिल्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (apposition to भार्या)

• दिव्यरूपिणी: of divine form
• दिव्यरूपिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टषष्ट्युद्भवम्: arisen from (the merit of) sixty-eight (tīrthas)
• अष्टषष्ट्युद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टषष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अष्टषष्ट्या उद्भवः/उद्भूतम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Pronoun, Instrumental, Singular

• यात्राफलम्: fruit of pilgrimage
• यात्राफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यात्रायाः फलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (सम्भावना/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (as aṣṭaṣaṣṭi-udbhava yātrā-phala giver)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ahalyā, radiant and divine in form, is invited to behold the manifested liṅga; behind her, a symbolic mandala of ‘sixty-eight’ miniature liṅgas/teerthas appears as a haloed constellation indicating aggregated yātrā-phala.

Characters & Entities

• Ahalyā
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (sacred seeing) of a manifested liṅga is itself a potent spiritual act that grants pilgrimage-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara, presented as a darśana-worthy Śaiva tīrtha granting yātrā-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is darśana—Ahalyā is instructed to behold the liṅga to gain pilgrimage-fruit.