Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तत्र पूर्वं गता गौरी परित्यज्य महेश्वरम् । गंगेर्ष्यया महाभागे ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रं सुसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

tatra pūrvaṃ gatā gaurī parityajya maheśvaram | gaṃgerṣyayā mahābhāge jñātvā kṣetraṃ susiddhidam

Translation

ഓ മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനേ! പൂർവ്വം ഗൗരി മഹേശ്വരനെ വിട്ട് അവിടെ പോയി; ഗംഗയോടുള്ള അസൂയയാൽ ആ ക്ഷേത്രം ഉത്തമസിദ്ധിദായകമെന്ന് അവൾ അറിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचकः (there)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (formerly/earlier)

• गता: went
• गता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (gone)

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यज्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्तः (gerund): 'having abandoned'

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• गङ्गेर्ष्यया: through jealousy of Gaṅgā
• गङ्गेर्ष्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा + ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक; गङ्गा-ईर्ष्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jealousy regarding/for Gaṅgā)

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (O fortunate lady)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (कृदन्त, क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्तः (gerund): 'having known'

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सुसिद्धिदम्: granting excellent success
• सुसिद्धिदम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसिद्धिद (प्रातिपदिक; सु + सिद्धि + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying क्षेत्रम्)

Speaker

Sage (instructor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī departs from Maheśvara in a moment of wounded jealousy, traveling toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; Śiva remains calm; Gaṅgā is hinted as a luminous river-goddess presence; the destination kṣetra glows as ‘siddhidam’.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Maheśvara
• Gaṅgā
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even human-like emotions in Purāṇic narratives are redirected toward discovering sacred places that transform the heart and grant siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is praised as “susiddhidam,” a bestower of excellent spiritual success.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual here; it provides the mythic background establishing the kṣetra’s potency.