Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
ऋषय ऊचुः हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे यानि तीर्थानि सूतज । तानि प्रोक्तानि सर्वाणि त्वयाऽस्माकं सुविस्तरात्
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ऋषी म्हणाले: हे सूतपुत्रा, हाटकेश्वराच्या पवित्र क्षेत्रातील जी जी तीर्थे आहेत, ती सर्व तू आम्हाला अत्यंत विस्ताराने सांगितलीस.
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta-putra (Sauti)
Scene: The sages speak in unison, acknowledging the narrator as ‘Sūta’s son,’ with hands joined; behind them, symbolic markers of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—Śiva-liṅga shrine, tīrtha steps, and pilgrims—appear as a vignette.
FAQs
Reverent listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a dharmic act, honoring the sanctity of place and tradition.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the focal sacred region being discussed.
No direct prescription; it acknowledges that the tīrthas of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra have been described (implying snāna/darśana in them).