Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पुनर्वारितरेणापि हीरेणयदि संगतम् । चक्रपुष्करणीतीर्थं प्रागेव श्रेयसांपदम्

Transliteration

punarvāritareṇāpi hīreṇayadi saṃgatam | cakrapuṣkaraṇītīrthaṃ prāgeva śreyasāṃpadam

Translation

Selbst wenn etwas mit einem immer wieder geläuterten Diamanten verbunden wäre, ist das Cakrapuṣkaraṇī-Tīrtha doch von Anbeginn die Wohnstatt des Heils, des Glückverheißenden und des höchsten Guten.

Word by Word

• punar: again; further
• punar: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त्यर्थक/कालवाचक अव्यय (again)

• vāritareṇa: with a better (more excellent)
• vāritareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāritara (प्रातिपदिक; vārita + tara)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक-सम्भव, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्ययान्त (comparative) विशेषण

• api: even; also
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)

• hīreṇa: with a diamond
• hīreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional conjunction: if)

• saṃgatam: combined; joined
• saṃgatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-gata (कृदन्त; सम्√गम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (come together/combined)

• cakrapuṣkaraṇītīrtham: the sacred ford of Cakra-Puṣkaraṇī
• cakrapuṣkaraṇītīrtham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra + puṣkaraṇī + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य पुष्करणी, तस्य तीर्थम्)

• prāk: beforehand
• prāk: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (beforehand)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• śreyasām: of auspicious benefits; of welfare
• śreyasām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• padam: abode; state; place
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapuṣkaraṇī Tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous sacred pond (puṣkariṇī) with a subtle Viṣṇu-cakra motif on the water/steps, pilgrims performing ācamana and snāna, priests offering lamps; the pond radiates auspiciousness beyond gemstones.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapuṣkaraṇī Tīrtha
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No material preciousness can equal the spiritual auspiciousness inherent in Kāśī’s tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrapuṣkaraṇī Tīrtha, a sacred water-site within the Kāśī sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit in this verse; it functions as a eulogy establishing the tīrtha’s superior merit.