Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे महापुण्ये फुल्लग्रामसमीपतः । स्नानं करिष्यसि तदा शापान्मुक्तो भविष्यसि

Transliteration

cakratīrthe mahāpuṇye phullagrāmasamīpataḥ | snānaṃ kariṣyasi tadā śāpānmukto bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Nahe dem Dorf Phullagrāma wirst du am höchst verdienstvollen Cakratīrtha das heilige Bad vollziehen; dann wirst du vom Fluch befreit sein.

Word by Word

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘चक्रस्य तीर्थम्’

• महापुण्ये: very holy
• महापुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘चक्रतीर्थे’)

• फुल्लग्राम-समीपतः: near Phullagrāma
• फुल्लग्राम-समीपतः: Adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: phulla-grāma (प्रातिपदिक-समास) + samīpatas (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय; ‘फुल्लग्रामस्य समीपतः’ (ablatival adverb: 'from/at the vicinity of')

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• शापात्: from the curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• मुक्तः: freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √muc (धातु) → mukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृवाच्ये विशेषणम् (of ‘त्वम्’)

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (reporting divine prescription; likely Indra’s message within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king arrives at a luminous waterbody called Cakratīrtha near a flowering village; as he bathes, a dark band of curse breaks like a shattered ring, replaced by radiant clarity; subtle Vishnu-cakra motifs ripple on the water surface.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Phullagrāma
• Setu region
• Southern Ocean

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places, approached with faith and right conduct, become instruments of purification and release from karmic affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha near Phullagrāma, in the Setukhaṇḍa sacred geography of the southern seashore.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Cakratīrtha as the means to attain śāpa-mukti (freedom from a curse).