Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्नातमात्रोथ राजा स हाटकेश्वदर्शनात् । चंडालत्वेन निर्मुक्तो बभूवार्कसमद्युतिः

Transliteration

snātamātrotha rājā sa hāṭakeśvadarśanāt | caṃḍālatvena nirmukto babhūvārkasamadyutiḥ

Translation

ସ୍ନାନ କରିବାମାତ୍ରେ ସେ ରାଜା ହାଟକେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନରେ ଚାଣ୍ଡାଳତ୍ୱରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟସମ ଦ୍ୟୁତିମାନ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• snāta-mātraḥ: having just bathed
• snāta-mātraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāta (कृदन्त, √snā स्ना + क्त) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कृतः एव मात्रः = just bathed)

• atha: then
• atha: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बोधनार्थक (then/now)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta-anvaya (अन्वय/पुनरुक्त-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hāṭakeśva-darśanāt: from seeing Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśva-darśanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हाटकेश्वस्य दर्शनम्)

• caṇḍālatvena: by/with the state of being a caṇḍāla
• caṇḍālatvena: Instrument/State (करण/अवस्था)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍālatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (त्व)

• nirmuktaḥ: freed
• nirmuktaḥ: Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmukta (कृदन्त, √muc मुच् + क्त, नि॒र्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• arka-sama-dyutiḥ: having radiance like the sun
• arka-sama-dyutiḥ: Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arka (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अर्कसमा या द्युतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted king completes ritual bathing, then beholds the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga; his body becomes luminous like the rising sun as attendants and sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṅku
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān and Śiva-darśana are celebrated as immediately transformative, restoring purity and spiritual radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara—its liṅga-darśana is explicitly praised as granting purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) followed by Hāṭakeśvara-darśana (beholding the liṅga).