Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

विशेषेण महाभाग हाटकेश्वरसंभवे । क्षेत्रे तत्र सुमेध्ये तु सर्वपातकनाशने

Transliteration

viśeṣeṇa mahābhāga hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhave | kṣetre tatra sumedhye tu sarvapātakanāśane

Translation

विशेषतः, हे महाभाग! हाटकेश्वराच्या प्राकट्याशी संबंधित त्या परम पवित्र क्षेत्रात, जे अत्यंत मेध्य असून सर्व पातकांचा नाश करणारे आहे।

Word by Word

• विशेषेण: especially, particularly
• विशेषेण: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/Instrumental-usage adverb): तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण ‘विशेषेण’ = ‘विशेषतया’

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: महा-भागः

• हाटकेश्वर-सम्भवे: in (the place) arising from/connected with Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वर-सम्भवे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): हाटकेश्वरस्य सम्भवः यस्मिन् (सम्भव-स्थान)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• सुमेध्ये: in the very pure (place)
• सुमेध्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of kṣetre/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + medhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: सु-मेध्यः (=अतिशयेन मेध्यः/पवित्रः)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-sūcaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/contrast)

• सर्वपातक-नाशने: in (the place) that destroys all sins
• सर्वपातक-नाशने: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of kṣetre/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम् यस्मिन्

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahābhāga (addressed devotee/recipient)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Śaiva sacred field where Hāṭakeśvara’s presence is felt—golden-hued (hāṭaka) aura, a liṅga shrine, pilgrims approaching with offerings; the landscape itself appears ‘spotless’ and luminous, symbolizing sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain Śaiva kṣetras are celebrated as uniquely powerful for purification, amplifying the fruit of worship and sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-connected kṣetra, praised as “sarvapātaka-nāśana” (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, performing worship/establishing Śiva’s liṅga and related rites in the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra.