Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
श्वपचोऽपि करोत्येवं यात्रां च हरिशांकरीम् । स याति परमां मुक्तिं पितृभिः परिवारितः
śvapaco'pi karotyevaṃ yātrāṃ ca hariśāṃkarīm | sa yāti paramāṃ muktiṃ pitṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ
श्वपचोऽपि करोत्येवं यात्रां च हरिशांकरीम्। स याति परमां मुक्तिं पितृभिः परिवारितः।
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Hari-Śaṅkara-yātrā (Somnātha/Prabhāsa + Dvārakā)
Type: kshetra
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.
FAQs
Tīrtha-yātrā and devotion transcend social status; the Hari–Śaṅkara pilgrimage is portrayed as a direct means to mokṣa and ancestral uplift.
The combined pilgrimage circuit associated with Hari (Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇa) and Śaṅkara (Prabhāsa/Somanātha).
Performing the “Hari-Śāṃkarī yātrā”—a pilgrimage honoring both Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa and Śiva.