Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

बदर्याश्रमवासौ च नरनारायणौ तथा । पद्मनाभं सुनाभं च हयग्रीवं विशां पते

Transliteration

badaryāśramavāsau ca naranārāyaṇau tathā | padmanābhaṃ sunābhaṃ ca hayagrīvaṃ viśāṃ pate

Translation

(Qu’on se souvienne) de Nara et de Nārāyaṇa demeurant à Badarī-āśrama; de Padmanābha; de Sunābha; et de Hayagrīva—ô seigneur des peuples.

Word by Word

• बदर्याश्रमवासौ: the two dwellers of Badarī-āśrama
• बदर्याश्रमवासौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी + आश्रम + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बदर्याश्रमस्य वासौ/वासिनौ)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• नरनारायणौ: Nara and Nārāyaṇa
• नरनारायणौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (नरश्च नारायणश्च)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक (likewise)

• पद्मनाभम्: Padmanābha (lotus-naveled)
• पद्मनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + नाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पद्मस्य नाभः)

• सुनाभम्: Sunābha (beautiful-naveled)
• सुनाभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + नाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-नाभः = शोभननाभः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• हयग्रीवम्: Hayagrīva
• हयग्रीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय + ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हयस्य ग्रीवा यस्य)

• विशाम्: of the people
• विशाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (जनानाम्/प्रजानाम्)

• पते: O lord
• पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Badarī-āśrama (invoked within Vastrāpatha recitation)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary map of India’s sacred axis: snowy Badarī with Nara and Nārāyaṇa in tapas under badarī trees; cosmic Padmanābha reclining on Śeṣa with lotus; Hayagrīva as horse-headed deity of wisdom—these appear as a single devotional panorama to a Prabhāsa pilgrim.

Characters & Entities

• Badarī-āśrama
• Nara-Nārāyaṇa
• Padmanābha
• Sunābha
• Hayagrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering the Lord in His various sacred manifestations (including Nara-Nārāyaṇa and Hayagrīva) is upheld as a dharmic means to merit and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya, the text invokes other famed sacred loci (like Badarī) to amplify the tīrtha’s devotional horizon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional recitation/remembering of these divine forms and names.