Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36
ऋषय ऊचुः । चक्रतीर्थं तु विख्यातं चक्रं दत्तं पुरा हरेः । महेश्वरेण तुष्टेन देवदेवेन शूलिना
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | cakratīrthaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ cakraṃ dattaṃ purā hareḥ | maheśvareṇa tuṣṭena devadevena śūlinā
Die Weisen sprachen: „Dies ist das berühmte Cakratīrtha. Einst wurde der Diskus (Cakra) dem Hari von Maheśvara verliehen, dem Dreizackträger, dem Herrn der Herren, der wohlgefällig war.“
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: The pilgrim woman (unnamed in given excerpt)
Scene: In a sacred riverside grove, Śiva—trident-bearing, radiant—bestows a blazing discus to Hari. Sages witness and later recount the event; the tīrtha is marked by a symbolic chakra imprint or shrine-stone near water.
FAQs
Sacred places embody divine cooperation—Śiva’s grace empowers Viṣṇu, teaching unity of dharma beyond sectarian boundaries.
Cakratīrtha, famed for the tradition that Śiva granted the divine discus to Hari.
No direct prescription here; it provides the tīrtha’s identity and mythic foundation (itihāsa) that supports its māhātmya.