Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
हाटकेश्वर संज्ञं तु पूर्वमासीद्द्विजोत्तमाः । तत्क्षेत्रं प्रथितं लोके सर्वपातकनाशनम्
hāṭakeśvara saṃjñaṃ tu pūrvamāsīddvijottamāḥ | tatkṣetraṃ prathitaṃ loke sarvapātakanāśanam
हे द्विजोत्तमांनो, पूर्वी त्याचे नाव ‘हाटकेश्वर’ असे होते. ते क्षेत्र जगात सर्व पातकांचा नाश करणारे म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: A venerable Śiva-kṣetra with an ancient liṅga; an inscription or oral proclamation that the place was once called Hāṭakeśvara; pilgrims receiving the promise of sin-destruction.
FAQs
A kṣetra sanctified by divine presence becomes a universal remedy for pāpa; fame here signals enduring spiritual efficacy.
The kṣetra formerly known as Hāṭakeśvara, praised as sarva-pātaka-nāśana.
No explicit rite; the implied practice is tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) to the kṣetra for purification.