Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

आषाढस्य सिते पक्ष एकादश्या दिने सदा । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे तत्रागत्य स्वयं विभुः

Transliteration

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣa ekādaśyā dine sadā | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāgatya svayaṃ vibhuḥ

Translation

ആഷാഢ മാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലപക്ഷ ഏകാദശി ദിനത്തിൽ എപ്പോഴും, സ്വയം വിഭു ഹാടകേശ്വരക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് അവിടെ എത്തുന്നു.

Word by Word

• āṣāḍhasya: of Āṣāḍha (month)
• āṣāḍhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṣāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• site: in the bright (fortnight)
• site: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• pakṣe: in the fortnight
• pakṣe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ekādaśyāḥ: of the eleventh (tithi)
• ekādaśyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• hāṭakeśvaraje: in (the place) connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvaraje: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara + ja (प्रातिपदिक; ‘born/connected with Hāṭakeśvara’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyā (Auxiliary action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic)

• vibhuḥ: the Lord
• vibhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred field (kṣetra) of Hāṭakeśvara under bright fortnight moonlight; on Ekādaśī the Lord manifests/arrives, with devotees gathered, flags and lamps, a sense of annual festival epiphany.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Ekādaśī
• Āṣāḍha
• Vibhu (Lord/Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (kṣetra) converge—Ekādaśī at a tīrtha becomes a privileged doorway to divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the locus of the Lord’s arrival.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance centered on Āṣāḍha-śukla Ekādaśī, associated with the Lord’s ritual ‘coming’ and ensuing śayana observance.