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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं शृणुते नरः । न तस्य पुण्यसंख्यानं कर्तुं शक्येत केनचित्

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvarakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇute naraḥ | na tasya puṇyasaṃkhyānaṃ kartuṃ śakyeta kenacit

Translation

Barangsiapa mendengar kemuliaan wilayah suci Hāṭakeśvara, tiada seorang pun mampu menghitung ukuran pahala (puṇya) yang ia peroleh.

Word by Word
हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रस्यof the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field
हाटकेश्वरक्षेत्रस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the Hāṭakeśvara-field (sacred area)’
माहात्म्यम्the greatness (māhātmya)
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of hearing
शृणुतेhe hears
शृणुते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘he listens/hears’
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध-निपात) — not
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of him/of that’
पुण्यसंख्यानम्enumeration of merits
पुण्यसंख्यानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्यान (प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या/√ख्यै धात्वर्थ ‘to count’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘counting/enumeration of merit’
कर्तुम्to do
कर्तुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive) — ‘to do/to make’
शक्येतwould be possible
शक्येत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शक् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः, ‘could be possible’
केनचित्by anyone
केनचित्:
Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — indefinite ‘by anyone’
Speaker

Sūta (deduced: māhātmya narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and sages gathered as the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya is recited; a radiant Śiva-liṅga or temple emblem subtly emanates light, symbolizing immeasurable puṇya.

Characters & Entities
H
Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to a tīrtha’s māhātmya yields immeasurable puṇya.

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, a Śaiva sacred region praised in this chapter.

The act emphasized is śravaṇa—hearing the māhātmya with faith.

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