Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्प्रेषितं तेन पद्मं भ्रांत्वा महीतले । समस्ते पतितं क्षेत्रे हाटकेश्वरसंभवे

Transliteration

tatastatpreṣitaṃ tena padmaṃ bhrāṃtvā mahītale | samaste patitaṃ kṣetre hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhave

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവൻ അയച്ച ആ പദ്മം ഭൂമിയിൽ ചുറ്റി സഞ്ചരിച്ച് ഒടുവിൽ ഹാടകേശ്വരനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ പതിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादान-अव्यय (then; from that)

• तत्-प्रेषितम्: sent by him
• तत्-प्रेषितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेषित (कृदन्त; प्र-इष्/प्रेष् धातु)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘तस्य प्रेषितम्’; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (agreeing with पद्मम्)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• पद्मम्: the lotus
• पद्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भ्रान्त्वा: having wandered
• भ्रान्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having wandered/roamed’

• मही-तले: on the ground/earth-surface
• मही-तले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘महेः तलम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• समस्ते: in the assembled/complete (place)
• समस्ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular (agreeing with क्षेत्रे)

• पतितम्: fallen
• पतितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (agreeing with पद्मम्)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• हाटक-ईश्वर-संभवे: in (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara’s origin
• हाटक-ईश्वर-संभवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘हाटकेश्वरस्य संभवः’ (arising from/connected with Hāṭakeśvara); पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular (qualifying क्षेत्रे)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-associated kṣetra (within Puṣkara complex)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lotus drifts across varied terrains—forests, rivers, settlements—then gently descends onto a luminous sacred field marked by a Śiva-linga presence of Hāṭakeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Padma (Lotus)
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Kṣetra (sacred field)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are revealed through divine signs and are often interwoven with Śaiva manifestations (kṣetra-devatā associations).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights a kṣetra linked with Hāṭakeśvara, within the broader Puṣkara establishment narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it provides locational identification through the lotus’s final resting place.