Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ईदृशं च महाक्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सावित्री तत्र संस्थिता

Transliteration

īdṛśaṃ ca mahākṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam | etasminneva kāle tu sāvitrī tatra saṃsthitā

Translation

ഇത്തരമൊരു മഹാക്ഷേത്രം ഹാടകേശ്വരന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതാണ്. അതേ സമയത്ത് അവിടെ സാവിത്രിയും സന്നിഹിതയായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• īdṛśam: such, of this kind
• īdṛśam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahākṣetram: great sacred field/holy region
• mahākṣetram: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• hāṭakeśvara-saṃbhavam: arisen from Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-saṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hāṭakeśvarasya saṃbhavam) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; genitive tatpurusha)

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Locative singular)

• tu: but, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Feminine nominative singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃsthitā: situated, present
• saṃsthitā: Karta-bhāva (State of subject/कर्तृभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: saṃsthita)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषण (PPP; Feminine nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Mahākṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred field marked by a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva-form as Hāṭakeśvara; Sāvitrī stands present, dignified and luminous, indicating Devī-sannidhāna within the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Sāvitrī
• Mahākṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s greatness is rooted in the deity’s presence; divine history and sacred geography together establish its māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (a ‘mahākṣetra’ linked to Hāṭakeśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse identifies the kṣetra’s divine origin and the presence of Sāvitrī.