Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
हाटकेश्वरमित्युक्तमस्ति क्षेत्रमनुत्तमम् । लिंगस्य पतनाज्जातं देवदेवस्य शूलिनः
hāṭakeśvaramityuktamasti kṣetramanuttamam | liṃgasya patanājjātaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ
Il est un lieu sacré sans égal nommé Hāṭakeśvara, né de la chute — la descente manifestée — du liṅga du Dieu des dieux, le Seigneur au trident, Śūlin.
Bṛhaspati (as reported in Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant liṅga descends or ‘falls’ onto a sanctified ground; Śiva as Śūlin (trident-bearing) presides, while the landscape transforms into a luminous kṣetra with devotees and sages witnessing the epiphany.
FAQs
Śiva establishes protected centers of holiness; devotion to the liṅga connects devotees to an imperishable sacred presence.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly glorified as an unsurpassed sacred region.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it provides the kṣetra’s name and Śaiva origin (liṅga-avataraṇa).