Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

क्षीरार्णवं परित्यज्य हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते । क्षेत्रे गत्वा समं लक्ष्म्या तस्योपरि ततः परम्

Transliteration

kṣīrārṇavaṃ parityajya hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite | kṣetre gatvā samaṃ lakṣmyā tasyopari tataḥ param

Translation

دودھ کے سمندر کو چھوڑ کر، لکشمی کے ساتھ ہاٹکیشور نامی مقدس کھیتر میں جاؤ؛ پھر وہاں اس مقام پر آگے کا کام انجام دو۔

Word by Word

• क्षीरार्णवम्: the ocean of milk
• क्षीरार्णवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षीरस्य अर्णवः)

• परित्यज्य: having left/abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते: in (the place) called Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘हाटकेश्वर’ इति संज्ञा यस्य तत् (नाम्ना निर्दिष्टे)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having gone’

• समम्: together/equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), ‘equally/together’

• लक्ष्म्या: with Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्या: Saha/Instrument (सह/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/above
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Postposition/Adverb), ‘upon/above’

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (Ablatival adverb), ‘from there/then’

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (Adverbial accusative), ‘further/next’

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devendra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu departs the Kṣīrārṇava with Lakṣmī, journeying toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra; the scene blends cosmic ocean imagery with the anticipation of a terrestrial sacred site.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī
• Kṣīrārṇava (Ocean of Milk)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is not confined to the cosmic abode; it also manifests in sacred places on earth, making tīrthas powerful centers of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named and set up as the key sacred location in this segment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A directive to go to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (a pilgrimage/relocation instruction) is given; no bathing/charity details appear in this verse.