Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

चक्रांकिता शिला यत्र गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । यच्छति पूजिता मोक्षं तां पुरीं को न सेवते

Transliteration

cakrāṃkitā śilā yatra gomatyudadhisaṃgame | yacchati pūjitā mokṣaṃ tāṃ purīṃ ko na sevate

Translation

حيث يلتقي نهرُ غوماتي بالمحيطِ توجدُ صخرةٌ موسومةٌ بالقرص (التشاكرا)؛ فإذا عُبِدتْ منحتِ الموكشا، التحرّر. فمَن ذا الذي لا يلجأُ إلى تلك المدينة ولا يجلُّها؟

Word by Word

• cakrāṃkitā: Marked by the discus (Chakra)
• cakrāṃkitā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakrāṃkitā (cakra + aṅkitā)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (Tritiya Tatpurusha)

• śilā: Stone/Rock
• śilā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• yatra: Where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (Relative)

• gomatyudadhisaṃgame: At the confluence of the Gomati and the Ocean
• gomatyudadhisaṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatyudadhisaṃgama (gomati + udadhi + saṃgama)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular (Shasthi Tatpurusha)

• yacchati: Gives/Bestows
• yacchati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (yacch) (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Prathama Purusha, Eka Vachana

• pūjitā: Worshipped
• pūjitā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (Past Passive Participle)

• mokṣaṃ: Liberation/Salvation
• mokṣaṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• tāṃ: That
• tāṃ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• purīṃ: City
• purīṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• kaḥ: Who
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: Not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negative Particle

• sevate: Serves/Resorts to
• sevate: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sev (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Prathama Purusha, Eka Vachana (Atmanepada)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā) with Cakrāṅkita-Śilā

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth, pilgrims gather around a smooth stone bearing a discus mark; offerings of tulasī and lamps; the ocean and Gomati meet behind, suggesting mokṣa as horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Ocean (udadhi)
• Cakra (discus)
• Dwārakā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vaiṣṇava sacred symbols and tīrtha-confluences are depicted as direct supports for liberation when approached with worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomati–ocean confluence (Gomaty-udadhi-saṅgama) at Dwārakā, featuring the cakrāṅkitā śilā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the cakrāṅkitā śilā at the Gomati-saṅgama is said to grant mokṣa.