Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यत्र भागवतं शास्त्रं यत्र जागरणं हरेः । शालिग्रामशिला यत्र तत्र गच्छेद्धरिः स्वयम्

Transliteration

yatra bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ yatra jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ | śāligrāmaśilā yatra tatra gaccheddhariḥ svayam

Translation

Là où l’Écriture Bhāgavata est honorée, là où l’on observe la veille de Hari, et là où se trouve la pierre Śāligrāma, là Hari vient Lui-même en personne.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “where”)

• भागवतं: Bhāgavata (pertaining to the Lord/devotees)
• भागवतं: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with शास्त्रम्)

• शास्त्रम्: scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• जागरणम्: vigil (night-wake)
• जागरणम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• शालिग्रामशिला: Śālagrāma stone (sacred stone)
• शालिग्रामशिला: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालिग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शालिग्रामस्य शिला)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• गच्छेत्: would go / goes (surely comes)
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-nirdharana (Emphasis on agent/कर्तृनिर्धारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक-अव्यय (emphatic: “himself”)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāligrāma-sannidhāna (portable tīrtha) / Dvārakā exemplar

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking accessible sanctity

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An interior shrine: Śāligrāma on a pedestal with tulasī leaves, a reader chanting Bhāgavata, devotees awake through the night with lamps; Hari appears subtly—either as a radiant form or as light filling the room.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Bhāgavata
• Śāligrāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture, vigil, and sacred iconography together create a living tīrtha-like sanctity—so powerful that the text declares Hari’s direct presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Dvārakā Māhātmya, but its principle generalizes: any place with Bhāgavata, Hari-jāgaraṇa, and Śāligrāma becomes a locus of Hari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhāgavata-śāstra engagement (listening/recitation), observing Hari’s jāgaraṇa, and keeping/worshipping Śāligrāma śilā.