Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

स्मृत्वा हरिहरौ गंगां कृत्वा तीरेण मार्जनम् । गत्वा जागरणे विष्णोर्दत्त्वा दानं च शक्तितः

Transliteration

smṛtvā hariharau gaṃgāṃ kṛtvā tīreṇa mārjanam | gatvā jāgaraṇe viṣṇordattvā dānaṃ ca śaktitaḥ

Translation

Se souvenant de Hari et de Hara, ainsi que du fleuve Gaṅgā, accomplissant les rites de purification sur la rive, se rendant à la veille nocturne de Viṣṇu et faisant l’aumône selon ses moyens—tout cela est loué comme œuvre hautement méritoire.

Word by Word

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘having remembered’

• हरिहरौ: Hari and Hara (Vishnu and Shiva)
• हरिहरौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (हरिश्च हरश्च)

• गङ्गाम्: Ganga
• गङ्गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘having done’

• तीरेण: on/at the bank (by the shore)
• तीरेण: Adhikarana/Karana (Locative/Instrumental nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/अधिकरण-निर्देश), एकवचन

• मार्जनम्: cleansing/purification
• मार्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘having gone’

• जागरणे: in the vigil (night-wake)
• जागरणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘having given’

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• शक्तितः: according to one's ability
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; ‘शक्तितः’ = यथाशक्ति/शक्त्यानुसारम् (according to ability)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (bank tīrtha)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred bank performing mārjana (cleansing), hands joined in Hari-Hara remembrance; later, a lamp-lit Viṣṇu temple night-vigil with devotees offering dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Hara
• Gaṅgā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-dharma blends remembrance, purification, vigil, and charity—uniting devotion to both Śiva and Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra’s tīrtha setting is implied; Gaṅgā is invoked as the archetypal purifier within the māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīra-mārjana (bank purification), Viṣṇu-jāgaraṇa (night vigil), and dāna according to one’s means.