Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य क्षेत्रं पातकनाशनम् । देवानामपि सर्वेषां तुष्टिं गच्छति चंडिका

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaradevasya kṣetraṃ pātakanāśanam | devānāmapi sarveṣāṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchati caṃḍikā

Translation

ഹാടകേശ്വരദേവന്റെ ക്ഷേത്രം പാപനാശിനിയാണ്; അവിടെ ചണ്ഡികാദേവിയും എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരുടെയും തൃപ്തി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• hāṭakeśvara-devasya: of the god Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara + deva (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘हाटकेश्वरः देवः’ इत्यर्थे (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kṣetram: the sacred field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pātaka-nāśanam: Karta-anvaya (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘पातकस्य नाशनम्’

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: 'also/even')

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction, pleasure
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gacchati: attains, goes to
• gacchati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• caṃḍikā: Caṇḍikā (the Goddess)
• caṃḍikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (address implied from surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct with a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Hāṭakeśvara and a nearby fierce-yet-benevolent Caṇḍikā shrine; pilgrims feel sins ‘burn away’ as light rises from the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Caṇḍikā
• Devas (all gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is measured by its power to destroy sin and align the devotee with divine satisfaction through Śiva–Śakti presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-deva’s kṣetra, where Caṇḍikā is also especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is worship of Caṇḍikā within Hāṭakeśvara’s kṣetra; the verse itself emphasizes the kṣetra’s pāpa-nāśa power.