Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे यश्चोद्वाहस्तयोरभूत् । स्वायंभुवमनोराद्ये स संजातः सुविस्तरः
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yaścodvāhastayorabhūt | svāyaṃbhuvamanorādye sa saṃjātaḥ suvistaraḥ
二神在圣域哈塔凯湿伐罗（Hāṭakeśvara）所行之婚礼——最初起于自生摩奴（Svāyaṃbhuva Manu）的太古之世——已在圣传中广为流布，铺陈详尽。
Narrative (contextual lead-in; implied Sūta’s narration in this Tīrthamāhātmya frame)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A divine wedding motif anchored in a specific kṣetra: Śiva as Hāṭakeśvara with Pārvatī, surrounded by ṛṣis and devas; the landscape bears a distinctive shrine-marker of the kṣetra.
FAQs
Sacred events tied to a tīrtha become enduring sources of dharma and remembrance across ages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the locus of an ancient divine marriage narrative.
None explicitly; the verse frames the tīrtha’s fame through the account of the marriage.