Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

पश्चात्पश्यतु तल्लिंगं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । भविष्यति ततः शुद्धश्चंडालत्वविवर्जितः

Transliteration

paścātpaśyatu talliṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | bhaviṣyati tataḥ śuddhaścaṃḍālatvavivarjitaḥ

Translation

จากนั้นจงเฝ้ามองลึงค์นั้นซึ่งมีนามว่า หาฏเกศวร แล้วเขาจักบริสุทธิ์ พ้นจากภาวะจัณฑาลโดยสิ้นเชิง

Word by Word

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: ‘afterwards’)

• पश्यतु: let him see
• पश्यतु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-determiner/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: called Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘हाटकेश्वर’ इति संज्ञितम् = named Hāṭakeśvara)

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); परस्मैपद

• ततः: thereupon; from that
• ततः: Hetu/Apadana (From that/ततः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereupon/from that’ (ablatival adverb)

• शुद्धः: pure
• शुद्धः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• चण्डालत्वविवर्जितः: free from the state of being a caṇḍāla
• चण्डालत्वविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्डालत्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (‘चण्डालत्वात् विवर्जितः’ = free from caṇḍāla-hood)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative instruction within Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the pilgrim approaches a radiant liṅga labeled Hāṭakeśvara; the cavern-temple glows; the devotee’s posture shifts from burdened to serene, signifying purification.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Śiva (implied by liṅga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a sacred Śiva-liṅga, when approached with reverence, is proclaimed to purify even severe stigma and impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga and its associated tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct prescription of liṅga-darśana (beholding the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga), implying pilgrimage-style worship.