Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यत्र भागवतं शास्त्रं यत्र जागरणं हरेः । शालिग्रामशिला यत्र तत्र गच्छेद्धरिः स्वयम्

Transliteration

yatra bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ yatra jāgaraṇaṃ hareḥ | śāligrāmaśilā yatra tatra gaccheddhariḥ svayam

Translation

ที่ใดมีการสักการะคัมภีร์ภาควตะ ที่ใดมีการตื่นเฝ้าของพระหริ และที่ใดมีศิลาศาลิคราม ที่นั่นพระหริเสด็จไปด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “where”)

• भागवतं: Bhāgavata (pertaining to the Lord/devotees)
• भागवतं: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भागवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with शास्त्रम्)

• शास्त्रम्: scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• जागरणम्: vigil (night-wake)
• जागरणम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• शालिग्रामशिला: Śālagrāma stone (sacred stone)
• शालिग्रामशिला: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालिग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शालिग्रामस्य शिला)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• गच्छेत्: would go / goes (surely comes)
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-nirdharana (Emphasis on agent/कर्तृनिर्धारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक-अव्यय (emphatic: “himself”)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (contextual Purāṇic instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāligrāma-sannidhāna (portable tīrtha) / Dvārakā exemplar

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking accessible sanctity

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An interior shrine: Śāligrāma on a pedestal with tulasī leaves, a reader chanting Bhāgavata, devotees awake through the night with lamps; Hari appears subtly—either as a radiant form or as light filling the room.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• Bhāgavata
• Śāligrāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture, vigil, and sacred iconography together create a living tīrtha-like sanctity—so powerful that the text declares Hari’s direct presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within Dvārakā Māhātmya, but its principle generalizes: any place with Bhāgavata, Hari-jāgaraṇa, and Śāligrāma becomes a locus of Hari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhāgavata-śāstra engagement (listening/recitation), observing Hari’s jāgaraṇa, and keeping/worshipping Śāligrāma śilā.