Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
गौतम उवाच । यद्येवं निश्चयो वत्स तव मातुश्च संस्थितः । अहं ते दर्शयिष्यामि तपसा हाटकेश्वरम्
gautama uvāca | yadyevaṃ niścayo vatsa tava mātuśca saṃsthitaḥ | ahaṃ te darśayiṣyāmi tapasā hāṭakeśvaram
گوتَم نے کہا: “اگر اے بچے، تم میں اور تمہاری ماں میں یہی عزم پختہ ہو چکا ہے، تو میں اپنی تپسیا کے زور سے تمہیں ہاٹکیشور کے درشن کرا دوں گا۔”
Gautama
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śatānanda (and mother)
Scene: Sage Gautama, serene and powerful, promises to reveal Hāṭakeśvara through his austerity; the atmosphere suggests imminent divine manifestation—light, ash, and sacred presence.
FAQs
When devotion is steady, divine grace is approached through disciplined tapas guided by a realized sage.
Hāṭakeśvara—whose darśana is presented as the spiritual culmination of the tīrtha narrative.
Tapas (austerity) is explicitly presented as the means by which Hāṭakeśvara will be revealed.