Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तत्प्रसादं समासाद्य स्वाभिधानपुरस्सरम् । हरिं संस्थापयामास तेन चंद्रहरिः स्मृतः

Transliteration

tatprasādaṃ samāsādya svābhidhānapurassaram | hariṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa tena caṃdrahariḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

അവിടുത്തെ പ്രസാദം ലഭിച്ച്, തന്റെ നാമം മുൻനിർത്തി ഹരിയെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു; അതുകൊണ്ട് അദ്ദേഹം ‘ചന്ദ്രഹരി’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tat-prasādam: his/that grace
• tat-prasādam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तस्य प्रसादः

• samāsādya: having attained
• samāsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): समासाद्य = सम्यक् आसाद्य/प्राप्य

• svābhidhāna-purassaram: with his own name in front (as a prefix)
• svābhidhāna-purassaram: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + abhidhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + puras-sara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial): स्वाभिधानपुरस्सरम् = स्वनाम-पूर्वकं/स्वाभिधानं पुरः कृत्वा

• harim: Hari (Vishnu)
• harim: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saṃsthāpayāmāsa: he स्थापित/installed
• saṃsthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative): ‘स्थापयति’

• tena: therefore/by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• caṃdra-hariḥ: (named) Candrahari
• caṃdra-hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नामधेय; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-रूपेण ‘चन्द्रः (इव/नाम्ना) हरिः’

• smṛtaḥ: is called/known
• smṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग: ‘स्मृतः’ = ‘called/remembered’

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrahari

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra, having received Viṣṇu’s grace, performs the installation (pratiṣṭhā) of Hari; the newly established Candrahari shines, priests chant, and celestial beings witness.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Candrahari
• Candra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace culminates in consecration; when devotion dedicates an act to the Lord, the act becomes a lasting sacred identity in the tīrtha tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, as the setting where Hari is installed and becomes famed as Candrahari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃsthāpana/pratiṣṭhā of Hari (installation/consecration), commemorated by naming the deity Candrahari.