Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एकत्र सर्वतीर्थानि सर्वाण्यायतनानि च । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे कथितानि स्वयंभुवा

Transliteration

ekatra sarvatīrthāni sarvāṇyāyatanāni ca | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre kathitāni svayaṃbhuvā

Translation

ஹாடகேஸ்வரஜ க்ஷேத்திரத்தில் எல்லாத் தீர்த்தங்களும் எல்லா புனித ஆலயங்களும் ஒரே இடத்தில் கூடியுள்ளன—இவ்வாறு ஸ்வயம்பூ (பிரம்மா) அறிவித்தார்.

Word by Word

• एकत्र: in one place
• एकत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-अव्यय), ‘in one place’

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘all the tīrthas’

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘all’ (आयतनानि इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• आयतनानि: shrines/abodes
• आयतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘abodes/shrines’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘born/located in Hāṭakeśvara’ (क्षेत्रे इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• कथितानि: have been stated
• कथितानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘have been declared’

• स्वयंभुवा: by Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)
• स्वयंभुवा: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंभू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कर्तृ-निर्देशे (कर्तृकरणयोस्तृतीया) ‘by Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā)’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (citing Svayambhū/Brahmā as authority)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra: within one sacred enclosure appear symbolic miniatures of many tīrthas—rivers, ghats, kundas, shrines—while Brahmā (Svayambhū) is depicted proclaiming the doctrine to sages; the central axis is a Śiva shrine anchoring the ‘all-in-one’ sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• Tīrthas
• Āyatanas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely praised kṣetra is treated as a spiritual microcosm, concentrating the merit of many pilgrimages into a single sacred locale.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a convergence of all tīrthas and sanctuaries.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the kṣetra’s exceptional status to encourage pilgrimage, darśana, and worship.