Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अत्रास्याधः शुभं क्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वर संज्ञितम् । यत्र साक्षाज्जगत्कर्ता स्वयं ब्रह्मा व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

atrāsyādhaḥ śubhaṃ kṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvara saṃjñitam | yatra sākṣājjagatkartā svayaṃ brahmā vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

ഇതിനടിയിൽ ‘ഹാടകേശ്വര’ എന്നു പേരുള്ള പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രമുണ്ട്; അവിടെ ലോകസ്രഷ്ടാവായ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് സ്വയം സാക്ഷാത് അധിവസിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'here')

• asya: of it, its
• asya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• adhaḥ: below
• adhaḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अधोवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'below')

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'kṣetram')

• kṣetram: field, sacred area
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñitam: called Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñita (कृदन्त; √jñā 'to know' with sam-; 'named')
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: 'named Hāṭakeśvara'); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रत्यक्षार्थक (adverb: 'directly/in person')

• jagat-kartā: the creator of the world
• jagat-kartā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: 'maker of the world'); पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: आत्मनः-प्रयोगे अव्यय (reflexive/emphatic: 'himself')

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• vyavasthitaḥ: is stationed, is present
• vyavasthitaḥ: Kriyā-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) परस्मैपद-धात्वर्थे; पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Hanumān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hidden, auspicious kṣetra beneath/within the sacred region: Brahmā seated in meditation or presiding posture, surrounded by subtle radiance, marking Hāṭakeśvara as a luminous sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra
• Brahmā
• Puṣpaka Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra becomes supremely venerable when cosmic divinities abide there; sacred geography is a living theology, not mere location.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named and praised as auspicious, with Brahmā’s direct presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it establishes the kṣetra’s authority through Brahmā’s abiding presence.