Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरलिंगस्य नित्यं च प्रयतो नरः । अष्टमूर्तेः स सायुज्यं लभते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaraliṃgasya nityaṃ ca prayato naraḥ | aṣṭamūrteḥ sa sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

جو شخص پاکیزہ سیرت اور ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ ہاٹکیشور لِنگ کی روزانہ پوجا کرتا ہے، وہ اشٹ مورتی پرمیشور کے ساتھ سائیوجیہ (قربِ یگانگت) پاتا ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गस्य: of the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga
• हाटकेश्वरलिङ्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाटक + ईश्वर + लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य लिङ्गम्)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणवत् अव्ययप्रयोग (adverb: always)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (and)

• प्रयतः: disciplined, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नरः)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अष्टमूर्तेः: of the eight-formed (Lord)
• अष्टमूर्तेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (अष्ट मूर्तयः यस्य/अष्टमूर्तिः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सायुज्यम्: union, absorption
• सायुज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभते: attains
• लभते: Kriya (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined devotee approaches the Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga at dawn, offering water, bilva leaves, and lamp; above the liṅga, the Aṣṭamūrti forms appear as a mandala of elements and luminaries, culminating in a radiant union motif.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Śiva (Aṣṭamūrti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, disciplined daily devotion to a sacred liṅga is presented as a direct path to Śiva-realization (sāyujya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-liṅga, within the Stambhatīrtha/Somanātha sacred-region context of the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nitya-upāsanā: daily remembrance/worship performed with purity and discipline (prayata).