Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
ऐक्यं विष्णुगणैः कुर्वन्दध्रे रूपं महाद्भुतम् । तदा हरिहराख्यं च देहार्द्धाभ्यां दधार सः
aikyaṃ viṣṇugaṇaiḥ kurvandadhre rūpaṃ mahādbhutam | tadā hariharākhyaṃ ca dehārddhābhyāṃ dadhāra saḥ
विष्णुगणांशी एकरूप होऊन त्याने अत्यंत अद्भुत रूप धारण केले. मग देहाच्या दोन्ही अर्धांनी तो ‘हरिहर’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध असे रूप धारण करू लागला.
Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A single deity assumes a wondrous composite form: the body divided into two halves, one bearing Viṣṇu’s emblems and one bearing Śiva’s, radiating a reconciliatory splendor as the divine hosts witness the transformation.
FAQs
Sectarian division dissolves before the higher unity of the Divine; Harihara symbolizes harmony of Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava devotion.
This verse emphasizes a divine manifestation; the specific tīrtha context is not stated within the verse itself.
None; it is a description of a theophany (divine form).