Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
आहिल्योवाच । यावत्पश्यामि नो देवं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । तावद्गच्छामि नो गेहं यदा पश्यामि तं हरम्
āhilyovāca | yāvatpaśyāmi no devaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | tāvadgacchāmi no gehaṃ yadā paśyāmi taṃ haram
آہلیہ نے کہا: جب تک میں ہاٹکیشور نامی دیو کے درشن نہ کر لوں، میں اپنے گھر نہیں جاؤں گی۔ جب میں اُس ہَر—شیو کو دیکھ لوں گی، تبھی لوٹوں گی۔
Āhilyā
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Āhilyā speaks with firm eyes and folded hands, refusing to return home until she beholds Hāṭakeśvara; a Śiva temple rises ahead with bilva trees and a faint linga silhouette.
FAQs
Single-pointed devotion (niṣṭhā) is shown through a vow centered on Śiva-darśana.
Hāṭakeśvara—presented as a Śiva form/liṅga associated with the tīrthamāhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
A resolve/vow: not to return home until obtaining darśana of Hāṭakeśvara (Śiva).