Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कीदृशं वा भवेत्पुण्यं चक्रतीर्थे तथैव च । एतच्चान्यान्विशे षांश्च ब्रूहि पौराणिकोत्तम

Transliteration

kīdṛśaṃ vā bhavetpuṇyaṃ cakratīrthe tathaiva ca | etaccānyānviśe ṣāṃśca brūhi paurāṇikottama

Translation

Und welche Art von Verdienst (puṇya) entsteht ebenso in Cakratīrtha? Sage uns dies und auch andere besondere Vorzüge, o Bester unter den Purāṇa-Kennern.

Word by Word

• कीदृशम्: what kind (of)
• कीदृशम्: Visheshana (Interrogative qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Disjunction/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• भवेत्: would be / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta/Karma (Subject or object per construction/कर्ता/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; तत्पुरुष-समासः

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/so)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• विशेषान्: particulars/details
• विशेषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ब्रूहि: tell (me/us)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पौराणिकोत्तम: O best of Purāṇa-knowers
• पौराणिकोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौराणिक + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समासः

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages lean forward requesting the ‘kind of merit’ at Cakratīrtha; Sūta prepares to narrate, raising a hand in teaching gesture; a symbolic discus (cakra) motif appears above the imagined tīrtha waters.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is not abstract in Purāṇic dharma; it is mapped onto sacred places, acts, and their specific ‘viśeṣas’ (distinct spiritual effects).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha (within the Setukhaṇḍa’s Rāmasetu pilgrimage circuit).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse asks for an account of the puṇya and special observances/benefits connected with the tīrtha.