Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा गोमत्यां रुक्मिणीह्रदे । दृष्ट्वा कृष्णमुखं रम्यं कुलानां तारयेच्छतम्

Transliteration

cakratīrthe naraḥ snātvā gomatyāṃ rukmiṇīhrade | dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇamukhaṃ ramyaṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam

Translation

চক্ৰতীৰ্থত স্নান কৰি—গোমতীৰ তীৰত ৰুক্মিণী-হ্ৰদত—যদি কোনো মানুহে শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ মনোমোহা মুখদৰ্শন কৰে, তেন্তে সি নিজৰ বংশৰ শত পুৰুষকো তাৰে।

Word by Word

• चक्र-तीर्थे: at Cakra-tirtha
• चक्र-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया

• गोमत्याम्: in Gomati
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुक्मिणी-ह्रदे: in the lake of Rukmini
• रुक्मिणी-ह्रदे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• कृष्ण-मुखम्: Krishna’s face
• कृष्ण-मुखम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• रम्यम्: beautiful
• रम्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मुखम् इति)

• कुलानाम्: of (his) families/lineages
• कुलानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• तारयेत्: would deliver / should ferry across
• तारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Gomati) and Rukmiṇī-hrada

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the Gomati at Cakratīrtha, water dripping, hands folded; nearby the serene Rukmiṇī-hrada glints. In the distance, the temple doorway frames the radiant, smiling face of Kṛṣṇa, drawing the gaze; faint ancestral silhouettes rise upward, symbolizing kula-tāraṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Gomatī
• Rukmiṇī-hrada
• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dvārakā tirtha-bathing combined with Kṛṣṇa-darśana is depicted as saving not only the pilgrim but also their lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha on the Gomati, specifically Rukmiṇī-hrada (Rukmiṇī’s lake) in the Dvārakā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Cakratīrtha/Rukmiṇī-hrada on the Gomati, followed by Kṛṣṇa-darśana.