Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

स्वयं च प्रययौ तत्र यत्रस्थो हाटकेश्वरः । तेनैव च शरीरेण निजकांतासमन्वितः

Transliteration

svayaṃ ca prayayau tatra yatrastho hāṭakeśvaraḥ | tenaiva ca śarīreṇa nijakāṃtāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

അവൻ സ്വയം ഹാടകേശ്വരൻ വസിക്കുന്ന ആ സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് പോയി—അതേ ശരീരത്തോടെ, തന്റെ പ്രിയ റാണിയോടൊപ്പം।

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): स्वयमेव (himself)

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

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Main predicate/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'went'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): तस्मिन् स्थाने (there)

• यत्रस्थः: situated where
• यत्रस्थः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत्र + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'situated where...' (qualifying 'hāṭakeśvaraḥ')

• हाटकेश्वरः: Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरः: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'Hāṭakeśvara (a form/name of Śiva)'

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — 'by/with that'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle): एव (indeed/same)

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

• शरीरेण: with (his) body
• शरीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — 'with the body'

• निजकान्तासमन्वितः: accompanied by his own beloved
• निजकान्तासमन्वितः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज + कान्ता + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'accompanied by his own beloved (wife)' (qualifying the subject who went)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king and his queen travel toward a Śiva temple where Hāṭakeśvara resides; the temple rises ahead, flags fluttering, while the couple remains dignified and hopeful, suggesting a boon of continued embodied well-being.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva)
• Rājā (king)
• Queen (nija-kāntā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After witnessing tīrtha-power, one is drawn to direct darśana of Śiva at the kṣetra—pilgrimage culminates in approaching the abiding Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara, a Śiva abode/shrine associated with the tīrtha landscape of Adhyāya 133.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yātrā/darśana: going to the place where Hāṭakeśvara is established (implied temple visitation).