Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे यश्चोद्वाहस्तयोरभूत् । स्वायंभुवमनोराद्ये स संजातः सुविस्तरः
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yaścodvāhastayorabhūt | svāyaṃbhuvamanorādye sa saṃjātaḥ suvistaraḥ
ಹಾಟಕೇಶ್ವರ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ಇಬ್ಬರ ವಿವಾಹವು ಸಂಭವಿಸಿತು; ಅದು ಸ್ವಾಯಂಭುವ ಮನುನ ಆದ್ಯಯುಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲು ಪ್ರಾದುರ್ಭವಿಸಿ, ಪರಂಪರಾಶ್ರುತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶಾಲವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಯಿತು.
Narrative (contextual lead-in; implied Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A divine wedding motif anchored in a specific kṣetra: Śiva as Hāṭakeśvara with Pārvatī, surrounded by ṛṣis and devas; the landscape bears a distinctive shrine-marker of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred events tied to a tīrtha become enduring sources of dharma and remembrance across ages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the locus of an ancient divine marriage narrative.
None explicitly; the verse frames the tīrtha’s fame through the account of the marriage.