Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

स्नातमात्रोथ राजा स हाटकेश्वदर्शनात् । चंडालत्वेन निर्मुक्तो बभूवार्कसमद्युतिः

Transliteration

snātamātrotha rājā sa hāṭakeśvadarśanāt | caṃḍālatvena nirmukto babhūvārkasamadyutiḥ

Translation

جوں ہی بادشاہ نے اشنان کیا، ہاٹکیشور کے محض درشن سے وہ چنڈال پن سے رہائی پا گیا اور سورج کی مانند درخشاں ہو اٹھا۔

Word by Word

• snāta-mātraḥ: having just bathed
• snāta-mātraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāta (कृदन्त, √snā स्ना + क्त) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कृतः एव मात्रः = just bathed)

• atha: then
• atha: Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बोधनार्थक (then/now)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta-anvaya (अन्वय/पुनरुक्त-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hāṭakeśva-darśanāt: from seeing Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśva-darśanāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हाटकेश्वस्य दर्शनम्)

• caṇḍālatvena: by/with the state of being a caṇḍāla
• caṇḍālatvena: Instrument/State (करण/अवस्था)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍālatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (त्व)

• nirmuktaḥ: freed
• nirmuktaḥ: Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmukta (कृदन्त, √muc मुच् + क्त, नि॒र्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• arka-sama-dyutiḥ: having radiance like the sun
• arka-sama-dyutiḥ: Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arka (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अर्कसमा या द्युतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formerly afflicted king completes ritual bathing, then beholds the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga; his body becomes luminous like the rising sun as attendants and sages witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṅku
• Hāṭakeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān and Śiva-darśana are celebrated as immediately transformative, restoring purity and spiritual radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara—its liṅga-darśana is explicitly praised as granting purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) followed by Hāṭakeśvara-darśana (beholding the liṅga).