Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्राह्मण उवाच । तीर्थयात्रापरोऽहं च भ्रमामि क्षितिमंडले । क्रमेणाऽत्र समायातः क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्हाटकेश्वरे
brāhmaṇa uvāca | tīrthayātrāparo'haṃ ca bhramāmi kṣitimaṃḍale | krameṇā'tra samāyātaḥ kṣetre'sminhāṭakeśvare
Brahmana itu berkata: “Aku tekun dalam ziarah ke tīrtha, mengembara mengelilingi cakrawala bumi. Menurut tertib perjalanan, aku pun tiba di sini, di kṣetra suci Hāṭakeśvara ini.”
Brāhmaṇa (pilgrim)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: King Ajo (implied from prior verses)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim introduces himself as devoted to tīrthayātrā, having wandered widely and now arrived at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
FAQs
Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a disciplined spiritual life, where sacred places like Hāṭakeśvara become stations of transformation.
Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra is explicitly named and serves as the focal sacred site in this segment.
No explicit rite is given in this verse; it establishes the pilgrim’s vow-like orientation toward tīrtha-yātrā.