Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वेधा हरिर्हरश्चैव तप्यंते परमं तपः । धर्मारण्ये त्रिसंध्यं च स्नात्वा देवसरस्यथ

Transliteration

vedhā harirharaścaiva tapyaṃte paramaṃ tapaḥ | dharmāraṇye trisaṃdhyaṃ ca snātvā devasarasyatha

Translation

Brahmā, Hari und Hara selbst üben die höchste Askese. In Dharmāraṇya, nachdem man im Devasaras zu den drei Sandhyās—bei Morgendämmerung, Mittag und Abenddämmerung—gebadet hat, (nimmt man an jener heiligenden Übung teil).

Word by Word

• वेधाः: the Creator (Brahmā)
• वेधाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस्/वेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

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

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• तप्यन्ते: perform austerity/are heated (do penance)
• तप्यन्ते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• धर्मारण्ये: in Dharmāraṇya (the forest of Dharma)
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य अरण्यम्)

• त्रिसन्ध्यम्: at the three twilight-times (thrice daily)
• त्रिसन्ध्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial accusative of time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + सन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः सन्ध्याः यस्य/त्रिसन्ध्य-कालम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• देवसरसि: in the Devasaras (divine lake)
• देवसरसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां सरः)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Unknown (Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devasaras (within Dharmāraṇya)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lotus-filled sacred lake in a forest, three great deities are envisioned as performing austerity; pilgrims bathe at dawn/noon/dusk, with changing sky colors marking the sandhyās.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Vedhā)
• Viṣṇu (Hari)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Dharmāraṇya
• Devasaras
• Trisaṃdhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmāraṇya is exalted as a place of tapas so powerful that even the Trimūrti are associated with its austerity; sandhyā-time discipline is central.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya and its Devasaras bathing-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Devasaras during the three sandhyās—dawn, midday, and dusk.