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

ஓ த்விஜச்ரேஷ்டா! அவர்கள் வழிபாட்டிற்காக அங்கு வந்தனர்—மிகப் புனிதமான க்ஷேத்திரத்தில், பைதாமஹ யாகத்தில், ஹாடகேஸ்வரரின் பிராதுர்பாவத் தலத்தில்।

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.