Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे कूपिकामध्यसंस्थितम् । अमावास्यादिने तत्र चतुर्दश्याश्च देवप । गया संक्रमते सम्यक्सर्वतीर्थसमन्विता
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre kūpikāmadhyasaṃsthitam | amāvāsyādine tatra caturdaśyāśca devapa | gayā saṃkramate samyaksarvatīrthasamanvitā
នៅក្នុងក្សេត្រដ៏បរិសុទ្ធនៃហាតកេស្វរៈ នៅកន្លែងដែលស្ថិតនៅកណ្ដាលគូពិកា—នៅថ្ងៃអមាវាស្យា ហើយក៏នៅថ្ងៃចតុទស្សីផងដែរ—ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃទេវតា, គយា នាងផ្ទាល់បានមកស្ថិតយ៉ាងត្រឹមត្រូវនៅទីនោះ ដោយមានសារសំខាន់នៃទីរថៈទាំងអស់រួមមកជាមួយ។
Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue; likely Viṣṇu speaking to Śakra/Indra)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Kūpikā-madhya tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred kṣetra named Hāṭakeśvara with a central ‘Kūpikā’ spot; on Amāvāsyā/Caturdaśī, the presence of Gayā and ‘all tīrthas’ is envisioned as a luminous convergence.
FAQs
Certain sacred places become especially potent on specific lunar days; honoring ancestors there is treated as equivalent to accessing the merit of many tīrthas.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, particularly the spot described as ‘in the midst of Kūpikā,’ where Gayā’s sanctity is said to manifest.
Observances on Amāvāsyā (new moon) and Caturdaśī (14th lunar day), implying śrāddha/tīrtha-rites at that location.