Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे स्थापय त्वं च मा क्षिप । अक्षयं जायते येन सर्वस्त्रीणां हिताय च

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre sthāpaya tvaṃ ca mā kṣipa | akṣayaṃ jāyate yena sarvastrīṇāṃ hitāya ca

Translation

“จงอัญเชิญไปประดิษฐานในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งหาฏเกศวร อย่าได้ทอดทิ้งเสีย ด้วยการกระทำเช่นนี้จักบังเกิดบุญอันไม่เสื่อมสูญ เพื่อเกื้อกูลสตรีทั้งปวง”

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरजे: in/pertaining to Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरजे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तद्धितार्थे/समासे ‘-ज’ = ‘born in/connected with’; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘क्षेत्रे’)

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

• स्थापय: install, set up
• स्थापय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (prohibitive particle)

• क्षिप: throw, cast
• क्षिप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma (Result/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘फलम्/पुण्यम्’)

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• सर्वस्त्रीणाम्: of all women
• सर्वस्त्रीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाः स्त्रियः = all women)

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sureśvarī (Goddess/Gaurī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (outer frame, implied) / Lakṣmī (recipient of command)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess commands: install the four forms in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; do not discard them. This yields imperishable merit for the welfare of all women.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Establishing sacred forms at a holy site generates akṣaya-puṇya and extends spiritual benefit beyond the individual to the wider community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly praised as the proper place for establishing the Gaurīcatuṣṭaya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation) of the four images in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; prohibition against discarding/immersing them.