Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
हाटकेश्वरजं क्षेत्रं समासाद्य स सद्द्विजाः । बाल्येऽपि वयसि प्राप्ते समारेभे महत्तपः
hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ samāsādya sa saddvijāḥ | bālye'pi vayasi prāpte samārebhe mahattapaḥ
ஹாடகேஸ்வரரின் புனிதத் தலத்தை அடைந்த அந்த சத்த்விஜன், இளமையிலேயே இருந்தாலும், மாபெரும் தவத்தைத் தொடங்கினார்।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta-like narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: Young Jābāli arrives at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra—visible liṅga-shrine or sacred precinct—then begins intense austerity: standing posture, raised arms, or seated meditation near a sacred grove/riverbank, with the kṣetra’s sanctity subtly radiating.
FAQs
True sanctity arises when one approaches a tīrtha with resolve and undertakes disciplined tapas, regardless of age.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a potent field for austerity and spiritual attainment.
No specific ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on commencing great tapas at the tīrtha.
Read Skanda Purana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.