तस्मात्तत्क्रियतां कर्म येनोच्छेदं प्रगच्छति । तीर्थमेद्धरापृष्ठे हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्
tasmāttatkriyatāṃ karma yenocchedaṃ pragacchati | tīrthameddharāpṛṣṭhe hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam
لہٰذا وہ عمل کیا جائے جس سے اس کا خاتمہ ہو جائے—زمین کی پشت پر واقع وہ تیرتھ جو ‘ہَاٹَکیشور’ کے نام سے معروف ہے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A decisive celestial proclamation: devas indicate the earth below, pointing to the Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha; a sense of administrative resolve—‘let the act be done’—with maps/earth-disc imagery and a highlighted sacred spot.
Purāṇas depict a dynamic cosmos where even divine beings respond to extraordinary tīrtha-power affecting ritual balance.
The tīrtha named Hāṭakeśvara, explicitly identified as being on the earth’s surface.
A proposed ‘karma’ (measure) to bring about ‘uccheda’ (cessation) of the tīrtha’s effect is referenced, without detailing the rite in this verse.