Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अद्यापि तिष्ठते तत्र जरामरणवर्जितः । पूजयानश्च तं देवं पाताले हाटकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

adyāpi tiṣṭhate tatra jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ | pūjayānaśca taṃ devaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram

Translation

Aujourd’hui encore, il demeure en ce lieu, affranchi de la vieillesse et de la mort, adorant le Seigneur Hāṭakeśvara dans Pātāla, le monde souterrain.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (today/now)

• अपि: still; even now
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (also/even; ‘still’)

• तिष्ठते: stands; remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), आत्मनेपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (there)

• जरामरणवर्जितः: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा-मरण-वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; जरा + मरण + वर्जित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying) (सः understood)

• पूजयानः: worshipping
• पूजयानः: Karta (Agent as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त-वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (present active participle): पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘worshipping’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (and)

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• देवम्: god; deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• पाताले: in the netherworld
• पाताले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• हाटकेश्वरम्: Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla (connected to Devīkuṇḍa tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a luminous underworld shrine, the king—unchanged by age—offers flowers and water to the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga. Nāga guardians and jeweled caverns frame the sanctum; the atmosphere is timeless.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Śiva at a sanctified kṣetra is depicted as granting liberation-like freedom from decay and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīhāṭakeśvara and the Devīkuṇḍa-associated sacred region, extending mythically into Pātāla.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Lord Hāṭakeśvara.