Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं क्षेत्रमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य सर्वपातकनाशनम्
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ kṣetramāhātmyamuttamam | hāṭakeśvaradevasya sarvapātakanāśanam
ഇതെല്ലാം നിങ്ങളോട് ആഖ്യാനിച്ചു—ഹാടകേശ്വരദേവന്റെ ക്ഷേത്രമാഹാത്മ്യത്തിന്റെ പരമോന്നതത്വം; അത് സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയാണ്.
Sūta (contextual continuity)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: ‘voḥ’ (plural audience)
Scene: A concluding narration scene: the speaker gestures toward a radiant Śiva-liṅga labeled Hāṭakeśvara; around it, symbolic dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light; listeners sit reverently.
FAQs
The Purāṇic ‘place-māhātmya’ frames sacred geography as a means of moral purification and renewal through devotion.
The kṣetra (holy region) of Hāṭakeśvara Deva.
Not a single act here; it functions as a conclusion affirming that the narrated pilgrimage practices in Hāṭakeśvara’s kṣetra remove sins.