Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

हाटकेश्वरदेवस्य क्षेत्रं पातकनाशनम् । देवानामपि सर्वेषां तुष्टिं गच्छति चंडिका

Transliteration

hāṭakeśvaradevasya kṣetraṃ pātakanāśanam | devānāmapi sarveṣāṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchati caṃḍikā

Translation

بھگوان ہاٹکیشور کا یہ کشتَر گناہوں کا ناس کرنے والا ہے۔ وہاں چنڈِکا بھی سب دیوتاؤں کی تسکین حاصل کرتی (اور عطا کرتی) ہے۔

Word by Word

• hāṭakeśvara-devasya: of the god Hāṭakeśvara
• hāṭakeśvara-devasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāṭaka-īśvara + deva (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘हाटकेश्वरः देवः’ इत्यर्थे (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• kṣetram: the sacred field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of sins
• pātaka-nāśanam: Karta-anvaya (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘पातकस्य नाशनम्’

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: 'also/even')

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction, pleasure
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gacchati: attains, goes to
• gacchati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• caṃḍikā: Caṇḍikā (the Goddess)
• caṃḍikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (address implied from surrounding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct with a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Hāṭakeśvara and a nearby fierce-yet-benevolent Caṇḍikā shrine; pilgrims feel sins ‘burn away’ as light rises from the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara
• Caṇḍikā
• Devas (all gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is measured by its power to destroy sin and align the devotee with divine satisfaction through Śiva–Śakti presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-deva’s kṣetra, where Caṇḍikā is also especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is worship of Caṇḍikā within Hāṭakeśvara’s kṣetra; the verse itself emphasizes the kṣetra’s pāpa-nāśa power.