Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तत्क्रियतां कर्म येनोच्छेदं प्रगच्छति । तीर्थमेद्धरापृष्ठे हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्

Transliteration

tasmāttatkriyatāṃ karma yenocchedaṃ pragacchati | tīrthameddharāpṛṣṭhe hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam

Translation

ฉะนั้น จงกระทำการนั้นเถิด เพื่อให้เรื่องนี้ยุติลง—คือการจัดการกับทีรถะบนพื้นพิภพที่มีนามว่า “หาฏเกศวร”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Inference)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् निपात-प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे = "therefore/from that" (ablative sense)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म इति विशेषणम् ("that")

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; "let it be done"

• कर्म: a deed; action
• कर्म: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियताम् इति कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी (thing to be done)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/उपायार्थे = "by which"

• उच्छेदम्: destruction; removal
• उच्छेदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रगच्छति: goes to; attains
• प्रगच्छति: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मेद्धरापृष्ठे: on the surface of Meddharā (earth/region)
• मेद्धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेद्धरा + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः = मेद्धरायाः पृष्ठे (locative: on the back/surface of Meddharā)

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: named Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + संज्ञित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः = हाटकेश्वर-नाम्ना संज्ञितम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A decisive celestial proclamation: devas indicate the earth below, pointing to the Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha; a sense of administrative resolve—‘let the act be done’—with maps/earth-disc imagery and a highlighted sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas depict a dynamic cosmos where even divine beings respond to extraordinary tīrtha-power affecting ritual balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha named Hāṭakeśvara, explicitly identified as being on the earth’s surface.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A proposed ‘karma’ (measure) to bring about ‘uccheda’ (cessation) of the tīrtha’s effect is referenced, without detailing the rite in this verse.