Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं हाटकेश्वरसंभवम् । माहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam | māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

سوت نے کہا: اے برہمنوں میں برتر! میں نے تمہیں ہاٹکیشور کے ظہور کا یہ سب بیان کر دیا—اس کی وہ مہاتمیا جو ہر طرح کے پاتک (گناہوں) کو نَست کر دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• वः: to you/for you
• वः: Sampradana/Sambandha (Recipient/Genitive/सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th case), बहुवचन — Genitive/Dative plural (of you/to you)

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated/told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicative verbal/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; PPP used predicatively (has been narrated)

• हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्: originating from Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वरस्य सम्भवम् = arising from Hāṭakeśvara)

• माहात्म्यम्: the sacred greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma/Apposition (Object/Appositive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: O best brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), बहुवचन — Masculine, Vocative plural; कर्मधारय (श्रेष्ठाः ब्राह्मणाः)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वपातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter Nom./Acc. singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वपातकानां नाशनम्)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (Brāhmaṇeśṭhāḥ/Brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta sits in a forest-assembly (naimiṣa-like setting), addressing brāhmaṇas; behind him, a symbolic vignette of the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga and Gaṅgā indicates the narrated tīrtha’s power.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hāṭakeśvara
• Brāhmaṇas
• Pātaka (sins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and transmitting tīrtha-glories is itself dharmic, because such Mahātmyas guide beings toward sin-destroying devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara (the sacred liṅga/tīrtha complex associated with Nāgabila and Gaṅgā waters).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it frames the Mahātmya as ‘destroyer of all sins,’ implying recitation/hearing as meritorious.