Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथांबा चैव वृद्धा च वैधव्यं प्राप्य दुःखदम् । हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रं गत्वा ते वांछितप्रदम्
athāṃbā caiva vṛddhā ca vaidhavyaṃ prāpya duḥkhadam | hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ gatvā te vāṃchitapradam
तेव्हा अंबा व वृद्धा दुःखद वैधव्य प्राप्त करून, इच्छित फल देणाऱ्या हाटकेश्वराच्या पवित्र क्षेत्रात गेल्या।
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two widowed queens, veiled and austere, arrive at a sacred Śaiva field—temple silhouette, liṅga shrine, and pilgrims—carrying offerings; their grief is visible but directed toward devotion.
FAQs
Suffering can become a doorway to tīrtha-sevā: in grief, one turns toward a kṣetra where devotion transforms pain into purpose.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named and praised as “vāṃchita-prada,” a sacred place known for fulfilling heartfelt aims.
The act prescribed by implication is tīrtha-gamana (pilgrimage) to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra as a means for spiritual and worldly fulfillment.