Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

कथ्यते परमा मूर्तिर्हरिरीश्वरसं संस्थिता । विभेदो नात्र कर्तव्यो यथा शंभुस्तथा हरिः

Transliteration

kathyate paramā mūrtirharirīśvarasaṃ saṃsthitā | vibhedo nātra kartavyo yathā śaṃbhustathā hariḥ

Translation

يُعلَن أن الصورة العُليا—هاري (فيشنو)—مُقَرَّة في اتحادٍ مع إيشڤارا. فلا يجوز إحداثُ تمييزٍ هنا: كما أن شَمبهو (شيفا) كذلك هاري.

Word by Word

• कथ्यते: is said/declared
• कथ्यते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मूर्तिः: form/manifestation
• मूर्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Apposition/Subject complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• ईश्वरसम्: equal to Īśvara (Śiva)
• ईश्वरसम्: Gati/Upapada complement (with ‘saṃsthitā’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश्वर + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: ईश्वरस्य समः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• संस्थिताः: is established/abides
• संस्थिताः: Predicate adjective (state of the subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रूपम्: संस्थिता (sandhi/visarga-less in text)

• विभेदः: distinction/difference
• विभेदः: Karma (Object of ‘kartavyaḥ’ in prohibition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कर्तव्यः: to be done/should be made
• कर्तव्यः: Kriya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निषेधेन ‘न कर्तव्यः’ = must not be done

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Connector (comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• शंभुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुः: Karta (Subject in comparison clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Connector (correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (so/likewise)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative instructor within Dvārakā-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha–Dvārakā axis (Hari-Hara kṣetra ethos)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composite iconography: Śiva (Śambhu) and Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa) shown as inseparable—either as Harihara form or as two deities sharing a single radiant aura—set against the western sea and temple spires.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Īśvara
• Śambhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text promotes Hari–Hara harmony, discouraging sectarian division in sacred pilgrimage devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The theological statement supports the Prabhāsa–Dvārakā circuit where Śiva (Somanātha) and Kṛṣṇa worship are linked.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it prescribes an attitude: do not create doctrinal division between Śiva and Viṣṇu.