Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । यद्येवं निश्चयो वत्स तव मातुश्च संस्थितः । अहं ते दर्शयिष्यामि तपसा हाटकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | yadyevaṃ niścayo vatsa tava mātuśca saṃsthitaḥ | ahaṃ te darśayiṣyāmi tapasā hāṭakeśvaram

Translation

ഗൗതമൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“വത്സാ, നിനക്കും നിന്റെ മാതാവിനും ഇങ്ങനെ ദൃഢനിശ്ചയം സ്ഥിരമായിരിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, എന്റെ തപോബലത്താൽ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു ഹാടകേശ്വരന്റെ ദർശനം നൽകും.”

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.); व्यक्तिनाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta (Speech act/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (if)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारबोधक (thus)

• निश्चयः: decision, resolve
• निश्चयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (Voc. sg.)

• तव: your/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.); सर्वनाम

• मातुः: of (your) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

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

• संस्थितः: is fixed/settled
• संस्थितः: Karta (Predicate of 'niścaya'/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + saṃsthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) 'संस्थित' (established/fixed); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.); सर्वनाम

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन (Dat./Gen. sg.); अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• दर्शयिष्यामि: I will show
• दर्शयिष्यामि: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + causative darśaya (णिच्)
• Form: णिजन्त (causative), लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)

• हाटकेश्वरम्: Hāṭakeśvara (Lord)
• हाटकेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.); देवतानाम

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śatānanda (and mother)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Gautama, serene and powerful, promises to reveal Hāṭakeśvara through his austerity; the atmosphere suggests imminent divine manifestation—light, ash, and sacred presence.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is steady, divine grace is approached through disciplined tapas guided by a realized sage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara—whose darśana is presented as the spiritual culmination of the tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is explicitly presented as the means by which Hāṭakeśvara will be revealed.