Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम् । माहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam | māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

ସୂତ କହିଲେ—ହେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠମାନେ! ହାଟକେଶ୍ୱର ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ଏହି ସମସ୍ତ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ମୁଁ ତୁମମାନଙ୍କୁ କହିଦେଲି; ଏହି ମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ପାତକକୁ ନାଶ କରେ।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• वः: to you/for you
• वः: Sampradana/Sambandha (Recipient/Genitive/सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th case), बहुवचन — Genitive/Dative plural (of you/to you)

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated/told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicative verbal/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; PPP used predicatively (has been narrated)

• हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्: originating from Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य सम्भवम् = arising from Hāṭakeśvara)

• माहात्म्यम्: the sacred greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Apposition (Object/Appositive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: O best brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), बहुवचन — Masculine, Vocative plural; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठाः ब्राह्मणाः)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (Brāhmaṇeśṭhāḥ/Brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta sits in a forest-assembly (naimiṣa-like setting), addressing brāhmaṇas; behind him, a symbolic vignette of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga and Gaṅgā indicates the narrated tīrtha’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Brāhmaṇas
• Pātaka (sins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and transmitting tīrtha-glories is itself dharmic, because such Mahātmyas guide beings toward sin-destroying devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara (the sacred liṅga/tīrtha complex associated with Nāgabila and Gaṅgā waters).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it frames the Mahātmya as ‘destroyer of all sins,’ implying recitation/hearing as meritorious.