Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र स्थितो देवश्चक्रपाणिवपुर्द्धरः । स्वयमेव हृषीकेशो जंतूनां पापनाशनः

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra sthito devaścakrapāṇivapurddharaḥ | svayameva hṛṣīkeśo jaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ

Translation

So blieb die Gottheit dort fest gegründet, die Gestalt des Cakrapāṇi tragend—Hṛṣīkeśa selbst, der die Sünden der Lebewesen vernichtet.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• स्थितः: standing/remaining
• स्थितः: Karta (as predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त/PPP)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• चक्रपाणिवपुःधरः: bearing the form of the discus-holder
• चक्रपाणिवपुःधरः: Karta (as epithet of devaḥ/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र + पाणि + वपुस् + धर (प्रातिपदिक); चक्रपाणि-वपुःधर (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘चक्रपाणिः (यस्य) वपुः (सः) धरः’/‘bearing the form of the discus-in-hand (Viṣṇu)’

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणार्थक (adverb: ‘himself’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• हृषीकेशः: Hṛṣīkeśa (Lord of the senses)
• हृषीकेशः: Karta (Subject/apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीक + ईश (प्रातिपदिक); हृषीकेश (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘हृषीकाणाम् ईशः’)

• जन्तूनाम्: of creatures
• जन्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• पापनाशनः: destroyer of sin
• पापनाशनः: Karta (Predicate/apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक); पापनाशन (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘पापस्य नाशनः’)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating the established deity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-Hṛṣīkeśa sthāna (within Vāsudeva-kṣetra context)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu as Cakrapāṇi stands or is enshrined, discus prominent; the atmosphere conveys permanence—lamp flames steady, devotees approaching for sin-cleansing darśana; the deity’s gaze is compassionate yet powerful.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapāṇi
• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Viṣṇu (by epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity is locally present in a specific icon/form, and that presence is explicitly salvific—destroying pāpa through devotion and darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The spot where Cakrapāṇi (Hṛṣīkeśa) is said to remain established—within the chapter’s Badarī/Vāsudeva-kṣetra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice is worship/darśana of Cakrapāṇi for pāpa-nāśana; no step-by-step ritual is enumerated in this verse.