Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

गौतमेन समानीतः पातालाद्धाटकेश्वरः । तपसा तोषयित्वा तु तत्र स्थाने सुरेश्वरः

Transliteration

gautamena samānītaḥ pātālāddhāṭakeśvaraḥ | tapasā toṣayitvā tu tatra sthāne sureśvaraḥ

Translation

Hāṭakeśvara fut tiré de Pātāla par Gautama ; et, satisfait par l’ascèse, le Seigneur des dieux demeure en ce lieu même.

Word by Word

• gautamena: by Gautama
• gautamena: Karana (agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• samānītaḥ: was brought
• samānītaḥ: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (नी) + kta (क्त) → samānīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• pātālāt: from Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātālāt: Apadana (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• hāṭakeśvaraḥ: Hāṭakeśvara (Lord of gold)
• hāṭakeśvaraḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—हाटके (स्वर्णे) ईश्वरः

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• toṣayitvā: having pleased
• toṣayitvā: Purvakala (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tuṣ (तुष्) + ṇic (णिच्) causative → toṣay + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (but/indeed)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• sureśvaraḥ: the Lord of the gods
• sureśvaraḥ: Karta (subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—सुराणाम् ईश्वरः

Speaker

Devas addressing Indra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama performs fierce austerities; from a subterranean realm (Pātāla) a luminous liṅga/Śiva-presence rises, then becomes established at the chosen spot where the deity abides.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Pātāla
• Sureśvara (as an epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and devotion can draw the divine into a specific geography, turning a site into a permanent refuge of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where Hāṭakeśvara is said to have been brought from Pātāla and established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is cited as the means by which the deity is pleased; worship at the established site is implied.