Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

निर्विद्य भूतले शर्वः सर्वव्यापी सदा शिवः । हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञेऽस्मिन्क्षेत्रे देवः स्वयं स्थितः

Transliteration

nirvidya bhūtale śarvaḥ sarvavyāpī sadā śivaḥ | hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñe'sminkṣetre devaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ

Translation

ಸರ್ವವ്യാപಿ ಸದಾಶಿವನಾದ ಶರ್ವನು ಭೂತಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿರ್ವೇದಗೊಂಡವನಂತೆ, ‘ಹಾಟಕೇಶ್ವರ’ ಎಂಬ ಈ ಪುಣ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವನು ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• निर्विद्य: having become dispassionate
• निर्विद्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir-√विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावः (gerund/absolutive: having become indifferent/disgusted)

• भूतले: on the earth’s surface
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक; भू + तल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhūyāḥ talaṃ: ‘surface of the earth’)

• शर्वः: Śarva (Śiva)
• शर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular; epithet of Śiva)

• सर्वव्यापी: all-pervading
• सर्वव्यापी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-vyāpin (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + व्यापिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (sarvatra vyāpnoti: all-pervading)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘always’)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञे: in (the place) called Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara-saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर + संज्ञा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (agreeing with क्षेत्रे); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘having the designation Hāṭakeśvara’)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (pronoun: neuter locative singular)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (neuter locative singular)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (masculine nominative singular)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वतः/आत्मनः क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: ‘himself/of his own accord’)

• स्थितः: abides, is stationed
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + क्त (स्थित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past participle used predicatively: ‘stood/abiding’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as an all-pervading cosmic presence subtly overlaying the landscape, yet also shown seated/standing near a shrine in the Hāṭakeśvara field—suggesting localized grace within universal immanence.

Characters & Entities

• Śarva
• Śiva
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the all-pervading Lord chooses particular sacred places to be specially accessible to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a place where Śiva is ‘personally present’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse establishes the sanctity of the kṣetra as a basis for pilgrimage and worship.