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 et Hara eux-mêmes accomplissent l’austérité suprême. Dans le Dharmāraṇya, après s’être baignés au Devasaras aux trois sandhyās—à l’aube, à midi et au crépuscule—(on prend part à cette discipline purificatrice).

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.