Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
एवं निःक्षत्रियां कृत्वा कृत्स्नां पृथ्वीं भृगद्वहः । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे जगाम तदनन्तरम्
evaṃ niḥkṣatriyāṃ kṛtvā kṛtsnāṃ pṛthvīṃ bhṛgadvahaḥ | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre jagāma tadanantaram
ഇങ്ങനെ സമസ്ത ഭൂമിയെയും ക്ഷത്രിയരഹിതമാക്കി ഭൃഗുവംശശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ പരശുരാമൻ പിന്നീട് ഹാടകേശ്വരന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Paraśurāma, axe-bearing yet subdued, arrives at a Śiva-kṣetra marked by a liṅga and sacred boundary stones; the atmosphere shifts from battlefield heat to temple coolness.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma narratives often pivot from conflict to pilgrimage: after worldly upheaval, the seeker turns toward a kṣetra where ritual and devotion restore balance.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—the holy precinct of Hāṭakeśvara—is explicitly named.
The verse signals a transition to tīrtha-based rites; the specific rituals (snāna, pitṛtarpaṇa, dāna) appear in subsequent verses.