Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

गौतमोऽत्रिर्भरद्वाजो विश्वामित्रोऽथ कश्यपः । जमदग्निर्वसिष्ठश्च संप्राप्ता हरिमन्दिरे

Transliteration

gautamo'trirbharadvājo viśvāmitro'tha kaśyapaḥ | jamadagnirvasiṣṭhaśca saṃprāptā harimandire

Translation

Gautama, Atri, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra et Kaśyapa—avec Jamadagni et Vasiṣṭha—parvinrent au temple de Hari.

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• अथ: and then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर्यबोधक-अव्यय (conjunctive/then)

• कश्यपः: Kaśyapa
• कश्यपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative Singular

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

• संप्राप्ताः: arrived
• संप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having arrived’

• हरिमन्दिरे: in the temple of Hari
• हरिमन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (हरिणः मन्दिरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-mandira (Mandara-associated)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of venerable sages arriving at Hari’s temple—matted hair, deer-skins, kamaṇḍalu—approaching a Viṣṇu shrine set against Mandara’s sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Atri
• Bharadvāja
• Viśvāmitra
• Kaśyapa
• Jamadagni
• Vasiṣṭha
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Hari-mandira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the greatest ṛṣis seek sanctity through pilgrimage and temple-darśana, affirming the dharma of honoring sacred places and Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hari’s temple (Harimandira) in the Mandara-related sacred setting, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes pilgrimage/arrival for sacred presence and worship.