Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

स्मरणादुभयत्रापि चक्रतीर्थस्य वै द्विजाः । भस्मीभवंति पापानि लक्षजन्मकृतान्यपि

Transliteration

smaraṇādubhayatrāpi cakratīrthasya vai dvijāḥ | bhasmībhavaṃti pāpāni lakṣajanmakṛtānyapi

Translation

O Dvijas, schon durch das bloße Gedenken an Cakratīrtha—hier wie dort, an beiden Orten—werden Sünden, selbst die aus hunderttausend Geburten, zu Asche.

Word by Word

• स्मरणात्: from/by remembrance
• स्मरणात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• उभयत्र: in both places
• उभयत्र: Deśa-viśeṣaṇa (place modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: in both places)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Samuccaya (also/even)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• चक्रतीर्थस्य: of Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avadhāraṇa (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• द्विजाः: O Brahmins
• द्विजाः: Sambodhyāḥ/Śrotā (Addressed group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• भस्मीभवन्ति: become ashes/are reduced to ashes
• भस्मीभवन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भस्मीभू (धातु: भस्मी + भू)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पापानि: sins
• पापानि: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• लक्षजन्मकृतानि: done over a hundred-thousand births
• लक्षजन्मकृतानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of पापानि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (लक्षजन्मसु कृतानि); कृत = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Samuccaya (even)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation facing the sea, mentally visualizing Cakratīrtha; behind, a faint double vignette shows two sacred spots (‘ubhayatra’), while dark smoke-like forms (sins) turn to ash and disperse.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion holds that remembrance (smaraṇa) of a supremely holy tīrtha itself can burn karmic impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, praised as so potent that even its remembrance destroys vast accumulations of sin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Smaraṇa—mindful remembrance of Cakratīrtha (in addition to physical pilgrimage).