Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
ततः क्रमेण सा साध्वी भ्रममाणा महीतले । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे संप्राप्ता रजनी मुखे
tataḥ krameṇa sā sādhvī bhramamāṇā mahītale | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃprāptā rajanī mukhe
ต่อมาโดยลำดับ นางผู้เป็นสาธวีพเนจรไปบนพื้นพิภพ ก็มาถึงเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งหาฏเกศวร ในยามแรกเริ่มแห่งราตรี
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Mahātmya-style narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (frame not in excerpt)
Scene: A virtuous woman traveler, dust-covered from long wandering, reaches the boundary of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra as night begins; the sky deepens, lamps appear, and the kṣetra seems to glow.
FAQs
A dhārmic journey unfolds by divine timing—reaching a Śaiva kṣetra is presented as a providential turning point.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, a Śaiva sacred region highlighted within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None in this verse; it sets the scene for arrival at the holy place.