Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
ततस्तु कामदं क्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । मत्वा प्राप्य तपस्तेपे कंचित्प्राप्य जलाशयम्
tatastu kāmadaṃ kṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | matvā prāpya tapastepe kaṃcitprāpya jalāśayam
ต่อมา เขาถือว่าเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นามว่า “หาฏเกศวร” เป็นกษेत्रะผู้ประทานความปรารถนา จึงไปถึงที่นั้น; แล้วเมื่อมาถึงสระน้ำแห่งหนึ่ง ก็ประกอบตบะบำเพ็ญพรต
Viśvāmitra (narrating)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva (king)
Scene: A pilgrim arrives at the Hāṭakeśvara sacred region, approaches a shining water-reservoir, and begins austerities on its bank.
FAQs
A holy place amplifies sincere penance: the pilgrim’s resolve, joined to a powerful kṣetra, becomes a path to divine grace.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, described as kāmada (wish-fulfilling), along with a nearby jalāśaya (sacred water body).
Tapas undertaken at/near a water-reservoir in the sacred kṣetra (implying tīrtha-based austerity and purity).