Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अद्यापि तिष्ठते तत्र जरामरणवर्जितः । पूजयानश्च तं देवं पाताले हाटकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

adyāpi tiṣṭhate tatra jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ | pūjayānaśca taṃ devaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram

Translation

ഇന്നും അവൻ അവിടെ ജരാമരണരഹിതനായി നിലകൊണ്ട്, പാതാളത്തിലെ ഹാടകേശ്വര ദേവനെ നിരന്തരം പൂജിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (today/now)

• अपि: still; even now
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (also/even; ‘still’)

• तिष्ठते: stands; remains
• तिष्ठते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), आत्मनेपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (there)

• जरामरणवर्जितः: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा-मरण-वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; जरा + मरण + वर्जित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying) (सः understood)

• पूजयानः: worshipping
• पूजयानः: Karta (Agent as participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त-वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (present active participle): पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘worshipping’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (and)

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• देवम्: god; deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• पाताले: in the netherworld
• पाताले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative/7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• हाटकेश्वरम्: Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरम्: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; हाटक + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla (connected to Devīkuṇḍa tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a luminous underworld shrine, the king—unchanged by age—offers flowers and water to the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga. Nāga guardians and jeweled caverns frame the sanctum; the atmosphere is timeless.

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion to Śiva at a sanctified kṣetra is depicted as granting liberation-like freedom from decay and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śrīhāṭakeśvara and the Devīkuṇḍa-associated sacred region, extending mythically into Pātāla.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Lord Hāṭakeśvara.