Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्पर्वतात्क्षेत्रं हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम् । अस्ति नैरृतदिग्भागे देशे चानर्तसंज्ञके

Transliteration

etasmātparvatātkṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam | asti nairṛtadigbhāge deśe cānartasaṃjñake

Translation

从此山而去，于西南方位，有一处圣域名为“哈塔凯湿伐罗”，位于称作“阿那尔塔”的国土之中。

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पर्वतात्: from the mountain
• पर्वतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रम्: a sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: named Hāṭakeśvara
• हाटकेश्वरसंज्ञितम्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाटकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (संज्ञि + क्त); तत्पुरुष (हाटकेश्वर-नाम्ना संज्ञितम्)

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• नैरृतदिग्भागे: in the south-western quarter-region
• नैरृतदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैरृत (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नैरृत्या दिशः भागः)

• देशे: in the country/region
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अनर्तसंज्ञके: called Anarta
• अनर्तसंज्ञके: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनर्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अनर्त-नामकः)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muniśārdūla / dvija interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage points toward the south-west as a distant sacred landscape opens: a mountain foreground, beyond it a fertile region marked by a Śiva-liṅga shrine signifying Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
• Anarta-deśa
• south-west (nairṛti dik)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma locates grace in geography: specific kṣetras are revealed as divinely empowered remedies for human affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, situated in the region called Anarta, toward the south-west.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly yet; the verse identifies the destination kṣetra where purificatory rites will be instructed.