Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 122
अतिथिरुवाच । अत्रास्ति मामकं तीर्थं मया यत्र तपः कृतम् । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे पुरुकाले द्विजोत्तमाः
atithiruvāca | atrāsti māmakaṃ tīrthaṃ mayā yatra tapaḥ kṛtam | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre purukāle dvijottamāḥ
അതിഥി പറഞ്ഞു—ഇവിടെ എന്റെ ഒരു തീർത്ഥമുണ്ട്; അവിടെയാണ് ഞാൻ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തത്. ഹാടകേശ്വരന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ, പുരാതനകാലത്ത്, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ!
Atithi
Tirtha: Atithi-tīrtha (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Atithi, as a radiant sage, points to a sacred water-spot within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra while addressing assembled brāhmaṇas; faint vision of his past tapas appears behind him.
FAQs
A tīrtha gains sanctity through tapas; the speaker reveals a place consecrated by his own austerities.
Atithi’s own tīrtha located in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
Not yet a prescription; it introduces the tīrtha whose observances and benefits are described in subsequent verses.