Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

गौतमेन समानीतः पातालाद्धाटकेश्वरः । तपसा तोषयित्वा तु तत्र स्थाने सुरेश्वरः

Transliteration

gautamena samānītaḥ pātālāddhāṭakeśvaraḥ | tapasā toṣayitvā tu tatra sthāne sureśvaraḥ

Translation

گوتم نے پاتال سے ہاٹکیشور کو اوپر لایا؛ اور تپسیا سے خوش ہو کر دیوتاؤں کا پروردگار اسی مقام پر قیام پذیر ہے۔

Word by Word

• gautamena: by Gautama
• gautamena: Karana (agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• samānītaḥ: was brought
• samānītaḥ: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (नी) + kta (क्त) → samānīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• pātālāt: from Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātālāt: Apadana (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• hāṭakeśvaraḥ: Hāṭakeśvara (Lord of gold)
• hāṭakeśvaraḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—हाटके (स्वर्णे) ईश्वरः

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• toṣayitvā: having pleased
• toṣayitvā: Purvakala (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tuṣ (तुष्) + ṇic (णिच्) causative → toṣay + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (but/indeed)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• sureśvaraḥ: the Lord of the gods
• sureśvaraḥ: Karta (subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—सुराणाम् ईश्वरः

Speaker

Devas addressing Indra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gautama performs fierce austerities; from a subterranean realm (Pātāla) a luminous liṅga/Śiva-presence rises, then becomes established at the chosen spot where the deity abides.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Pātāla
• Sureśvara (as an epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and devotion can draw the divine into a specific geography, turning a site into a permanent refuge of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where Hāṭakeśvara is said to have been brought from Pātāla and established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is cited as the means by which the deity is pleased; worship at the established site is implied.