Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवं स पृथिवीपालो भ्रममाणोवनाद्वनम् । हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रमाससाद ततः परम्

Transliteration

evaṃ sa pṛthivīpālo bhramamāṇovanādvanam | hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetramāsasāda tataḥ param

Translation

Ainsi, le protecteur de la terre, errant de forêt en forêt, parvint enfin au domaine sacré de Hāṭakeśvara.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/Thus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pṛthivīpālaḥ: protector of the earth (king)
• pṛthivīpālaḥ: Apposition to Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पृथिव्याः पालः) = king

• bhramamāṇaḥ: wandering
• bhramamāṇaḥ: Karta (Agent as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vanāt: from (one) forest
• vanāt: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• vanam: to (another) forest
• vanam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hāṭakeśvarajam: belonging to/connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvarajam: Visheshana (Qualifier of kṣetram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (हाटकेश्वरात् जातम्/हाटकेश्वरसम्बन्धि)

• kṣetram: the sacred place/field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āsasāda: reached
• āsasāda: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+sad (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘आसद्’ = reached/approached

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• param: afterwards
• param: Kriya-viseshana (Time/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative) = afterwards/further

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The weary king emerges from wilderness and beholds the boundary of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—signs of sanctity: a liṅga-shrine, sacred trees, perhaps a tīrtha pond, and a calming aura.

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After long suffering, dharma leads one to a kṣetra where divine aid becomes accessible; sacred places serve as turning points for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra (a Śaiva sacred region) is explicitly named and becomes the focal tīrtha of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated in this verse; it announces arrival at the kṣetra.