Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

यज्ञे पैतामहे चैव हाटकेश्वरसंभवे । क्षेत्रे पुण्यतमे तत्र पूजार्थं द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

yajñe paitāmahe caiva hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhave | kṣetre puṇyatame tatra pūjārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik antara kaum dwija! Di kṣetra yang paling suci itu—pada yajña Paitāmaha, di tempat yang terkait dengan penzahiran Hāṭakeśvara—mereka datang untuk melakukan pūjā.

Word by Word

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पैतामहे: belonging to the Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पैतामहे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैतामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (यज्ञे)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• हाटकेश्वरसम्भवे: in/at the (place) arising from Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसम्भवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (यज्ञे/क्षेत्रे सन्दर्भे)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पुण्यतमे: most holy
• पुण्यतमे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्यतम (प्रातिपदिक; तमप्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative) (क्षेत्रे)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पूजार्थम्: for worship
• पूजार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूजा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: best of Brahmins
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unclear from snippet (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Paitāmaha-yajña field)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Hāṭakeśvara shrine/liṅga in a golden aura stands within a yajña-ground; eminent brāhmaṇas arrive with offerings (flowers, waterpots), preparing for pūjā; the atmosphere is charged with sanctity and ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Paitāmaha Yajña (Brahmā-related sacrifice)
• Kṣetra (holy region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The most holy kṣetras draw the learned for pūjā; sacrifice (yajña) and worship together intensify sacred merit when performed at a divinely manifested site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A puṇyatama kṣetra associated with Hāṭakeśvara’s manifestation, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa chapter 188.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā at the kṣetra during/around the Paitāmaha yajña is implied, though no step-by-step rite is specified.