Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रं पुनाति स्मरणादपि । किं पुनर्दर्शनाद्विप्राः स्पर्शनाच्च विशेषतः
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ punāti smaraṇādapi | kiṃ punardarśanādviprāḥ sparśanācca viśeṣataḥ
Wahai para brāhmaṇa, kṣetra suci Hāṭakeśvara menyucikan bahkan hanya dengan mengingatnya; apalagi dengan memandangnya—dan terlebih lagi dengan menyentuhnya.
Narrative voice (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the Māhātmya)
FAQs
Contact with sacred space works on multiple levels—remembrance, pilgrimage-vision, and physical presence—each increasing in purifying power.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, praised as intrinsically purifying within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is commanded; the verse highlights smaraṇa (remembering), darśana (seeing/visiting), and sparśana (touching) as spiritually efficacious.