Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

एतच्च मामकं लिंगं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । पातालाच्च विनिष्क्रांतं तव भक्त्या महामुने

Transliteration

etacca māmakaṃ liṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | pātālācca viniṣkrāṃtaṃ tava bhaktyā mahāmune

Translation

ಹೇ ಮಹಾಮುನಿ! ನನ್ನ ಈ ಲಿಂಗವು ‘ಹಾಟಕೇಶ್ವರ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ; ನಿನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಇದು ಪಾತಾಳದಿಂದ ಹೊರಬಂದಿದೆ।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Pronominal adjective, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मामकम्: my, belonging to me
• मामकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मामक (प्रातिपदिक; मम-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Adjective, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: named ‘Hāṭakeśvara’
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (संज्ञा-धातु √ज्ञा/√ज्ञा?; here संज्ञित as कृदन्त from सं-√ज्ञा/√ज्ञा 'to be named')
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हाटकेश्वरस्य संज्ञा यस्य); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पातालात्: from Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विनिष्क्रान्तम्: emerged, come forth
• विनिष्क्रान्तम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निस्-√क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Karmadharaya compound, Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

Śiva (implied, speaking of “My liṅga”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From a cleft in the earth, a golden-hued (hāṭaka) radiance rises; the liṅga emerges as Śiva proclaims its name, while Gautama stands awestruck in devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) can draw divine presence into the visible world, making the sacred accessible to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara Liṅga-site, praised as a manifested Śaiva sacred place within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes bhakti as the cause of the liṅga’s manifestation.