Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्रैव यदि लभ्यंते चक्रैर्द्वादशभिः सह । द्वादशात्मा स विज्ञेयो मोक्षदः परिकीर्तितः

Transliteration

tatraiva yadi labhyaṃte cakrairdvādaśabhiḥ saha | dvādaśātmā sa vijñeyo mokṣadaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Translation

فإن وُجد هناك بعينه حجرٌ عليه اثنتا عشرةَ سِمةً من سِماتِ القرص (تشاكرا)، فليُعلَم أنه «ذو طبيعةٍ اثنتي عشرة»؛ وقد ذُكر أنه واهبُ الموكشا، أي التحرّر.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• eva: itself; indeed
• eva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्तार्थक—conditional conjunction)

• labhyante: are found/obtained
• labhyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'are obtained')

• cakraiḥ: with discs; with cakras
• cakraiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• dvādaśabhiḥ: with twelve
• dvādaśabhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (cakraiḥ इति)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक—'together with')

• dvādaśātmā: having twelve aspects
• dvādaśātmā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (dvādaśa ātma yasya—'having twelve forms/aspects'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ इति)

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vijñeyaḥ: is to be known
• vijñeyaḥ: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु) + ya (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be known'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• mokṣadaḥ: giver of liberation
• mokṣadaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mokṣasya dātā—'giver of liberation'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ इति)

• parikīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed; is described
• parikīrtitaḥ: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim discovers a rare stone at Cakratīrtha bearing twelve distinct cakra-imprints; elders identify it as dvādaśātmā, and the group performs simple worship, awed by its mokṣa-bestowing fame.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Cakrāṅkita śilā (disc-marked stone)
• Dvādaśa (twelve)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material signs connected to the Lord’s sacred geography are treated as conveyors of remembrance and liberation-oriented devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Dvārakā, where disc-marked stones are found.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recognizing and revering a stone bearing twelve cakra-marks as mokṣa-giving.