Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे यश्चोद्वाहस्तयोरभूत् । स्वायंभुवमनोराद्ये स संजातः सुविस्तरः
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yaścodvāhastayorabhūt | svāyaṃbhuvamanorādye sa saṃjātaḥ suvistaraḥ
हाटकेश्वराच्या पवित्र क्षेत्रात त्या दोघांचा जो विवाह झाला, तो स्वायंभुव मनूच्या आद्यकाळी प्रथम प्रकट झाला; आणि परंपराश्रुतीत तो विस्तृतपणे प्रसिद्ध झाला.
Narrative (contextual lead-in; implied Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A divine wedding motif anchored in a specific kṣetra: Śiva as Hāṭakeśvara with Pārvatī, surrounded by ṛṣis and devas; the landscape bears a distinctive shrine-marker of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred events tied to a tīrtha become enduring sources of dharma and remembrance across ages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the locus of an ancient divine marriage narrative.
None explicitly; the verse frames the tīrtha’s fame through the account of the marriage.