Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

ततः प्रविश्य पातालं गंगातोयपरिप्लुतः । पूजयामास तल्लिंगं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्

Transliteration

tataḥ praviśya pātālaṃ gaṃgātoyapariplutaḥ | pūjayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam

Translation

பின்னர் பாதாளத்தில் நுழைந்து, கங்கையின் நீரால் நனைந்தவனாய், ‘ஹாடகேஸ்வர’ எனப் பெயர்பெற்ற அந்த லிங்கத்தை வழிபட்டான்।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/हेतुवाचक) = 'thereafter'

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-√विश् (धातु) (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) = 'having entered'

• पातालम्: Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालम्: Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गङ्गा-तोय-परिप्लुतः: immersed in Ganges water
• गङ्गा-तोय-परिप्लुतः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक) + परिप्लुत (कृदन्त; परि-√प्लु (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (कर्तरि/कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'bathed/immersed')

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect/आम-प्रयोग), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (लिङ्गम्-विशेषण)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• हाटकेश्वर-संज्ञितम्: named Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वर-संज्ञितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त; सम्-√ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (लिङ्गम्-विशेषण)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara at Nāgabila

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra descends into a dark serpent-cavern/nether realm, water shimmering like Gaṅgā around him, and offers worship to a radiant liṅga labeled Hāṭakeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gaṅgā
• Pātāla
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and merit arise from combining tīrtha-snān (Gaṅgā bathing) with Śiva-liṅga worship at a sanctified site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara liṅga associated with Nāgabila and Gaṅgā waters in this Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gaṅgā-water immersion (snāna/being drenched) followed by worship (pūjā) of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga.