Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

गौतम उवाच । हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञे तु सकृद्दृष्टे च यत्फलम् । पातालस्थे च यत्पुण्यं नराणां जायते फलम् । दृष्टेनानेन तत्पुण्यं पूजितेन विशेषतः

Transliteration

gautama uvāca | hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñe tu sakṛddṛṣṭe ca yatphalam | pātālasthe ca yatpuṇyaṃ narāṇāṃ jāyate phalam | dṛṣṭenānena tatpuṇyaṃ pūjitena viśeṣataḥ

Translation

โคตมะกล่าวว่า “ผลอันใดเกิดขึ้นเพียงได้เห็นหาฏเกศวรครั้งเดียว และบุญอันใดที่มนุษย์ได้เมื่อพระองค์สถิตอยู่ในปาตาล—บุญนั้นย่อมได้ด้วยการได้เห็นลึงค์ที่ปรากฏนี้ และยิ่งได้มากเป็นพิเศษเมื่อบูชานมัสการ”

Word by Word

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñe: in (the place) named Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-saṃjñe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hāṭakeśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘-saṃjñā’ इति विशेषणम् (named as ...)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• dṛṣṭe: when/if (it is) seen
• dṛṣṭe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सामान्य-प्रयोग; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma/Phala (Object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• pātāla-sthe: in (the one) situated in Pātāla
• pātāla-sthe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘पाताले स्थिते’ इति (located in Pātāla)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma/Phala (Object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• narāṇām: of men/people
• narāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• jāyate: arises/is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭena: by (its) being seen
• dṛṣṭena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √dṛś)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; विशेषण (that)

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma/Phala (Object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• pūjitena: by (its) being worshipped
• pūjitena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (and the manifested liṅga praised here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) a king/pilgrims within the tīrtha-māhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Gautama points out a manifested liṅga to pilgrims, explaining that its darśana equals the famed Hāṭakeśvara’s pātāla merit; devotees approach with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana grants merit, but pūjā intensifies it; devotion expressed through worship amplifies tīrtha-phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara Liṅga-tīrtha, whose merit is compared to its mysterious Pātāla-abiding sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing the liṅga) and especially pūjā (formal worship) are recommended for attaining merit.