Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ऐक्यं विष्णुगणैः कुर्वन्दध्रे रूपं महाद्भुतम् । तदा हरिहराख्यं च देहार्द्धाभ्यां दधार सः

Transliteration

aikyaṃ viṣṇugaṇaiḥ kurvandadhre rūpaṃ mahādbhutam | tadā hariharākhyaṃ ca dehārddhābhyāṃ dadhāra saḥ

Translation

বিষ্ণুর গণসমূহের সঙ্গে একাত্মতা স্থাপন করে তিনি অতি আশ্চর্য এক রূপ ধারণ করলেন। তখন দেহের দুই অর্ধে তিনি ‘হরিহর’ নামে প্রসিদ্ধ রূপ বহন করলেন।

Word by Word

• ऐक्यम्: unity
• ऐक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• विष्णुगणैः: with the hosts of Viṣṇu
• विष्णुगणैः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः गणाः)

• कुर्वन्: doing/making
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (सः) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दध्रे: assumed/held
• दध्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• रूपम्: a form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• महा: great
• महा: Compound-member
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पूर्वपद-रूप (समासाङ्ग), ‘महत्’ का अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-रूप ‘महा-’

• अद्भुतम्: marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (रूपम्) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• हरिहराख्यम्: named Hari-Hara
• हरिहराख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘हरिहर’ इति नाम यस्य (आख्य)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• देहार्द्धाभ्याम्: with (his) two half-bodies
• देहार्द्धाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देहस्य अर्द्धे)

• दधार: bore/held
• दधार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single deity assumes a wondrous composite form: the body divided into two halves, one bearing Viṣṇu’s emblems and one bearing Śiva’s, radiating a reconciliatory splendor as the divine hosts witness the transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇugaṇas
• Harihara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sectarian division dissolves before the higher unity of the Divine; Harihara symbolizes harmony of Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse emphasizes a divine manifestation; the specific tīrtha context is not stated within the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a description of a theophany (divine form).