Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
निर्विद्य भूतले शर्वः सर्वव्यापी सदा शिवः । हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञेऽस्मिन्क्षेत्रे देवः स्वयं स्थितः
nirvidya bhūtale śarvaḥ sarvavyāpī sadā śivaḥ | hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñe'sminkṣetre devaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ
സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ സദാശിവൻ ശർവ്വൻ ഭൂതലത്തോട് നിർവേദം വന്നതുപോലെ, ‘ഹാടകേശ്വര’ എന്ന ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ദേവൻ സ്വയം വസിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as an all-pervading cosmic presence subtly overlaying the landscape, yet also shown seated/standing near a shrine in the Hāṭakeśvara field—suggesting localized grace within universal immanence.
FAQs
Even the all-pervading Lord chooses particular sacred places to be specially accessible to devotees.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a place where Śiva is ‘personally present’.
None explicitly; the verse establishes the sanctity of the kṣetra as a basis for pilgrimage and worship.