Shloka 20 - Adhyaya 133 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच । तीर्थयात्रापरोऽहं च भ्रमामि क्षितिमंडले । क्रमेणाऽत्र समायातः क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्हाटकेश्वरे

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | tīrthayātrāparo'haṃ ca bhramāmi kṣitimaṃḍale | krameṇā'tra samāyātaḥ kṣetre'sminhāṭakeśvare

Translation

พราหมณ์กล่าวว่า: ข้าพเจ้ามุ่งมั่นในจาริกแสวงบุญ เที่ยวร่อนเร่ไปทั่ววงแผ่นดิน ครั้นโดยลำดับจึงมาถึง ณ ที่นี้ ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งหาฏเกศวร

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

उवाचsaid

तीर्थयात्रापरःdevoted to pilgrimage

अहम्I

चand

भ्रमामिI wander

क्षितिमण्डलेon the earth-circle, on earth

क्रमेणgradually, in due course

अत्रhere

समायातः(I) have come

क्षेत्रेin the sacred field

अस्मिन्in this

हाटकेश्वरेat Hāṭakeśvara

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (pilgrim)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Ajo (implied from prior verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim introduces himself as devoted to tīrthayātrā, having wandered widely and now arrived at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

Brāhmaṇa

Hāṭakeśvara (kṣetra/tīrtha)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is presented as a disciplined spiritual life, where sacred places like Hāṭakeśvara become stations of transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra is explicitly named and serves as the focal sacred site in this segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given in this verse; it establishes the pilgrim’s vow-like orientation toward tīrtha-yātrā.