Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

बभ्राम तानि लिंगानि पूजयन्ती प्रभक्तितः । क्रमेणैव तु संप्राप्ता हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्

Transliteration

babhrāma tāni liṃgāni pūjayantī prabhaktitaḥ | krameṇaiva tu saṃprāptā hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam

Translation

وہ اُن لِنگوں کی طرف بھٹکتی رہی، گہری بھکتی سے پوجا کرتی ہوئی؛ اور ترتیب کے ساتھ آخرکار ہاٹکیشور کے مقدّس حضور تک جا پہنچی۔

Word by Word

• babhrāma: wandered/roamed
• babhrāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhram (भ्रम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• liṅgāni: liṅgas (Śiva-emblems)
• liṅgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• pūjayantī: worshipping
• pūjayantī: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्: शानच्-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prabhaktitaḥ: with great devotion
• prabhaktitaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from/with great devotion)

• krameṇa: in sequence
• krameṇa: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (instrumental used adverbially: in order)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• tu: but/and then
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/contrast particle)

• saṃprāptā: having reached/arrived
• saṃprāptā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (प्राप्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• hāṭaka-īśvara-saṃbhavam: the origin/place of Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭaka-īśvara-saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हाटकेश्वरस्य सम्भवम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhvī pilgrim moves from shrine to shrine, offering flowers and water to liṅgas; finally she stands before the sanctum of Hāṭakeśvara, the liṅga radiant, the air thick with incense.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by bhakti expressed as liṅga-pūjā; devotion turns travel into transformative worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara is highlighted as a significant Śaiva sacred presence reached at the culmination of a sequence of tīrtha visits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Liṅga-pūjā (worship of Śiva-liṅgas) is the key devotional act described as accompanying the tīrtha journey.