Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

संप्राप्य चक्रतीर्थं च स्नानं चक्रुर्यथाविधि । तेषु च स्नातमात्रेषु चक्रतीर्थे नृपादिषु

Transliteration

saṃprāpya cakratīrthaṃ ca snānaṃ cakruryathāvidhi | teṣu ca snātamātreṣu cakratīrthe nṛpādiṣu

Translation

Als sie Cakratīrtha erreicht hatten, vollzogen sie das Bad nach Vorschrift; und in dem Augenblick, da der König und die anderen dort in Cakratīrtha gebadet hatten…

Word by Word

• saṃprāpya: having reached
• saṃprāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having reached’

• cakra-tīrtham: Cakratīrtha
• cakra-tīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• cakruḥ: they performed/did
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yathā-vidhi: according to the prescribed rite
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (according to rule)

• teṣu: when/among them
• teṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute base/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• snāta-mātreṣu: immediately after they had bathed
• snāta-mātreṣu: Kāla/Adhikaraṇa (Time circumstance/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāta (√snā धातोः क्त-प्रत्यय) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (स्नातस्य मात्रे = स्नानमात्रे) ‘just after bathing’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute sense)

• cakra-tīrthe: at Cakratīrtha
• cakra-tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpa-ādiṣu: in/among the king and others
• nṛpa-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute complement/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नृपः आदिः येषाम्) = ‘the king and others’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the seashore ghat of Cakratīrtha, the king and companions enter the water in orderly fashion, performing prescribed bathing rites with folded hands and focused gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity is joined to right method: performing dharma ‘as prescribed’ is emphasized as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, where the bath is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna is to be done yathāvidhi—according to proper injunctions and procedure.