Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

श्वपचोऽपि करोत्येवं यात्रां च हरिशांकरीम् । स याति परमां मुक्तिं पितृभिः परिवारितः

Transliteration

śvapaco'pi karotyevaṃ yātrāṃ ca hariśāṃkarīm | sa yāti paramāṃ muktiṃ pitṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

ശ്വപചനും ഇങ്ങനെ ഹരി-ശങ്കരയാത്ര ചെയ്യുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, പിതൃഗണങ്ങളാൽ പരിവൃതനായി അവൻ പരമമുക്തി പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• śvapacaḥ: a dog-cooker (outcaste)
• śvapacaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śvapaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—श्वन् + पच (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः), ‘कुक्कुरमांसपाचकः/चाण्डालः’

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), ‘अपि/also/even’

• karoti: does, performs
• karoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• evaṃ: thus, in this way
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• yātrām: pilgrimage, journey (rite)
• yātrām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• hariśāṃkarīm: pertaining to Hari and Śaṅkara
• hariśāṃkarīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hari + śāṃkarī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—हरि + शांकर (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः), ‘हरि-शंकर-सम्बन्धिनी’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yāti: goes, attains
• yāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pitṛbhiḥ: by/with the ancestors
• pitṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• parivāritaḥ: surrounded, accompanied
• parivāritaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + vṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘परिवारितः’ = surrounded/attended

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari-Śaṅkara-yātrā (Somnātha/Prabhāsa + Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble pilgrim of low status, carrying minimal belongings, stands between symbols of Śiva (liṅga, bilva) and Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa (conch, peacock-feather), while ancestral spirits gather behind him, now dignified and luminous as they accompany him toward liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śaṅkara
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā and devotion transcend social status; the Hari–Śaṅkara pilgrimage is portrayed as a direct means to mokṣa and ancestral uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The combined pilgrimage circuit associated with Hari (Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇa) and Śaṅkara (Prabhāsa/Somanātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the “Hari-Śāṃkarī yātrā”—a pilgrimage honoring both Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and Śiva.