Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे गर्ता मे भ्रातृभिः कृता । पितृसंतर्पणार्थाय सलिलेन परिप्लुता

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre gartā me bhrātṛbhiḥ kṛtā | pitṛsaṃtarpaṇārthāya salilena pariplutā

Translation

ഹാടകേശ്വരന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ എന്റെ സഹോദരന്മാർ എനിക്കായി ഒരു കുഴി ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്; പിതൃതർപ്പണാർത്ഥം അത് ജലത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/at (the place) of Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘हाटकेश्वरस्य जः/जातः’ = ‘belonging to Hāṭakeśvara’

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गर्ता: a pit, trench
• गर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता/वर्ण्य), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic

• भ्रातृभिः: by (my) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Kartr-sahakari (Agent-associate/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-सह), बहुवचन

• कृता: made, dug
• कृता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त) कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भूतकर्मणि ‘made’

• पितृसंतर्पणार्थाय: for the purpose of satisfying the ancestors
• पितृसंतर्पणार्थाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + संतर्पण + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘पितॄणां संतर्पणस्य अर्थः’

• सलिलेन: with water
• सलिलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• परिप्लुता: flooded, filled up
• परिप्लुता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) with उपसर्ग परि-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘flooded/filled all around’

Speaker

Rāma (Paraśurāma) (continuing his instructions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct of Hāṭakeśvara is shown with a specially made pit filled with clear water, intended for ancestral offerings; the speaker points it out as a prepared ritual locus.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• kṣetra (sacred field)
• gartā (pit)
• pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are portrayed as places where ancestral obligations (pitṛ-ṛṇa) can be ritually and devotionally addressed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named and framed as a site suitable for pitṛ-satisfaction rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-saṃtarpaṇa (pitṛ-tarpaṇa) using water in a prepared pit at the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field.