Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

लिंगे संस्थापिते ताभ्यां सीमांते दक्षिणोत्तरे । हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रं संप्राप्य तपसि द्रुतम्

Transliteration

liṃge saṃsthāpite tābhyāṃ sīmāṃte dakṣiṇottare | hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ saṃprāpya tapasi drutam

Translation

Après que tous deux eurent établi un liṅga à la frontière, aux limites du sud et du nord, ils atteignirent le domaine sacré lié à Hāṭakeśvara et se vouèrent promptement à l’ascèse.

Word by Word

• लिङ्गे: in the liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• संस्थापिते: having been installed
• संस्थापिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), causative sense: सम्+√स्था (स्थापने) → संस्थापित; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘when it was स्थापित’ (locative absolute with लिङ्गे)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्तृ/करणभावे

• सीमान्ते: at the boundary
• सीमान्ते: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīmānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• दक्षिणोत्तरे: (at the boundary) south and north
• दक्षिणोत्तरे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa+uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (दक्षिण+उत्तर) ‘south and north’; सीमान्ते इति विशेषण

• हाटकेश्वरजम्: arising from/connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara+ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समास: हाटकेश्वरात् जातम् (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष) / ‘born from/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara’; क्षेत्रम् इति विशेषण

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• संप्राप्य: having reached
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), सम्+प्र+√आप् (प्राप्तौ); ‘having reached’

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Sphere)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = quickly

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of a sacred region, the two brāhmaṇas install a stone liṅga; one pours water from a kamaṇḍalu, the other offers bilva leaves; distant markers indicate south and north limits; beyond lies the Hāṭakeśvara shrine where they begin austerity.

Characters & Entities

• liṅga
• Hāṭakeśvara
• kṣetra
• sīmānta (boundary)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating a Śaiva emblem (liṅga) and practicing tapas within a holy boundary sanctifies both place and practitioner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra associated with Hāṭakeśvara, presented as a sanctified Śaiva region within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-saṃsthāpana (installing a liṅga) at the sīmānta (boundary), followed by undertaking tapas.