Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यत्र चक्रांकितशिला गोमत्युदधिनिःसृताः । यच्छंति पूजिता मोक्षं तां पुरीं को न सेवते

Transliteration

yatra cakrāṃkitaśilā gomatyudadhiniḥsṛtāḥ | yacchaṃti pūjitā mokṣaṃ tāṃ purīṃ ko na sevate

Translation

حيث توجدُ حجارةٌ موسومةٌ بعلامة القرص، خارجةٌ من غوماتي والبحر؛ إذا عُبِدت منحت الخلاص—فمَن ذا لا يقصد تلك المدينة ولا يجلّها؟

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक अव्यय) — locative adverb “where”

• चक्र: discus; wheel
• चक्र: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण-अङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (असमर्थ-रूप; compound member)

• अंकित: marked
• अंकित: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्क् (धातु) → अङ्कित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), समासाङ्ग; “marked/inscribed”

• शिला: stones/rocks
• शिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: चक्र-अंकित-शिला (तत्पुरुषः—‘चक्रेण अंकिता शिला’)

• गोमती: the Gomati (river)
• गोमती: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (असमर्थ-रूप; compound member)

• उदधि: ocean
• उदधि: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग), एकवचन (असमर्थ-रूप; compound member)

• निःसृताः: having flowed out from
• निःसृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि:√सृ (धातु) → निःसृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समास: गोमती-उदधि-निःसृताः (तत्पुरुषः—‘गोमत्याः उदधेश्च निःसृताः’)

• यच्छन्ति: they grant
• यच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• पूजिताः: when worshipped
• पूजिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद-विशेषण (those being worshipped)

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• सेवते: serves/visits
• सेवते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrāṅkita-śilā tīrtha (Dvārakā shore)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed broadly to the audience; rhetorical question ‘who would not serve that city?’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the shore near the confluence, devotees discover dark, smooth stones etched with a discus mark; they place them on a small altar, offer tulasī and lamps; a subtle vision of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa radiates from the stones, signifying mokṣa-bestowing power.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra
• Śilā
• Gomatī
• Udādhi/Sāgara
• Mokṣa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrality can inhere in tangible tīrtha-objects; reverent worship of such signs of the divine is said to culminate in mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, especially the Gomati–ocean zone where cakra-marked stones are found.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the cakra-marked stones is prescribed as a liberating act.