Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

श्वपचोऽपि करोत्येवं यात्रां च हरिशांकरीम् । स याति परमां मुक्तिं पितृभिः परिवारितः

Transliteration

śvapaco'pi karotyevaṃ yātrāṃ ca hariśāṃkarīm | sa yāti paramāṃ muktiṃ pitṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

Selbst ein Śvapaca (einer der Niedrigstgeborenen), der so die Pilgerfahrt zu Hari und Śaṅkara vollzieht, erlangt die höchste Befreiung, von seinen Ahnen begleitet.

Word by Word

• śvapacaḥ: a dog-cooker (outcaste)
• śvapacaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvapaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—श्वन् + पच (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः), ‘कुक्कुरमांसपाचकः/चाण्डालः’

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), ‘अपि/also/even’

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• evaṃ: thus, in this way
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yātrām: pilgrimage, journey (rite)
• yātrām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• hariśāṃkarīm: pertaining to Hari and Śaṅkara
• hariśāṃkarīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hari + śāṃkarī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—हरि + शांकर (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः), ‘हरि-शंकर-सम्बन्धिनी’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pitṛbhiḥ: by/with the ancestors
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded, accompanied
• parivāritaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + vṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘परिवारितः’ = surrounded/attended

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-Śaṅkara-yātrā (Somnātha/Prabhāsa + Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble pilgrim of low status, carrying minimal belongings, stands between symbols of Śiva (liṅga, bilva) and Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (conch, peacock-feather), while ancestral spirits gather behind him, now dignified and luminous as they accompany him toward liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śaṅkara
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā and devotion transcend social status; the Hari–Śaṅkara pilgrimage is portrayed as a direct means to mokṣa and ancestral uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The combined pilgrimage circuit associated with Hari (Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇa) and Śaṅkara (Prabhāsa/Somanātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the “Hari-Śāṃkarī yātrā”—a pilgrimage honoring both Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and Śiva.