Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । प्रस्तुत्य चक्रतीर्थं तु पुण्यं पापविनाशनम् । पुनरप्यद्भुतं किञ्चित्प्रब्रवीमि मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | prastutya cakratīrthaṃ tu puṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam | punarapyadbhutaṃ kiñcitprabravīmi munīśvarāḥ

Translation

Śrī Sūta sprach: „Nachdem ich von Cakra-tīrtha, dem heiligen, sündenvernichtenden Ort, gesprochen habe, will ich euch nun wiederum noch etwas Wunderbares verkünden, o Herren unter den Weisen.“

Word by Word

• श्री-सूतः: the venerable Sūta
• श्री-सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रस्तुत्य: having introduced
• प्रस्तुत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having introduced/mentioned

• चक्रतीर्थम्: Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पुण्यम्: meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन; विशेषण

• पाप-विनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पाप-विनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य विनाशनम्)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (again)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन; विशेषण

• किञ्चित्: something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (something)

• प्रब्रवीमि: I will tell/say
• प्रब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुनीश्वराः: O lords of sages
• मुनीश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन) बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां ईश्वराः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munīśvaras / Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated in a forest-assembly of sages, raising his hand to continue the discourse; a subtle aura or symbolic cakra motif suggests the tīrtha’s sanctity and sin-destroying power, with a hint of forthcoming marvels.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are upheld as living sources of purification; hearing their māhātmya itself is presented as spiritually elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, explicitly called puṇya and pāpavināśana (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies tīrtha-sevā such as listening to māhātmya and (by context) bathing, but no step-by-step rite is detailed here.