Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

पृथिव्यां चैव तत्तीर्थं परमं परिकीर्तितम् । चक्रतीर्थमिति ख्यातं ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम्

Transliteration

pṛthivyāṃ caiva tattīrthaṃ paramaṃ parikīrtitam | cakratīrthamiti khyātaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam

Translation

على الأرض يُعلَن ذلك التيـرث أسمى التيـرثات، وهو المشهور باسم تيـرثا العجلة (Cakratīrtha)، مُبيدُ إثمِ براهما-هاتيا (أفدح جريمة قتل).

Word by Word

• पृथिव्याम्: on earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्-तीर्थम्: that sacred ford/place
• तत्-तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Tatpuruṣa (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तत्-तीर्थम्)

• परिकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/celebrated
• परिकीर्तितम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → कीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रशंसित/उक्त’

• चक्रतीर्थम्: Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/Name-apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावे तत्पुरुष (name of a tīrtha)

• इति: thus/as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: is known
• ख्यातम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्ध’

• ब्रह्महत्या-विनाशनम्: destroyer of brahmin-slaying sin
• ब्रह्महत्या-विनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्महत्यायाः विनाशनम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering cakra-emblem rises above the tīrtha waters like a protective disc; dark smoke labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissipates as pilgrims bathe; the landscape is crowned with a ‘parama tīrtha’ banner in symbolic form.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Brahmahatyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain divinely empowered places function as prāyaścitta, cleansing even the heaviest karmic stains.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, proclaimed the supreme tīrtha on earth in this passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is named here; the verse stresses the tīrtha’s inherent power to destroy grave sin (implying bathing, worship, and pilgrimage).