Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एतद्वै चक्रतीर्थं च यच्छिला चक्र चिह्निता । मुक्तिदा पापिनां लोके म्लेच्छदेशेऽपि पूजिता

Transliteration

etadvai cakratīrthaṃ ca yacchilā cakra cihnitā | muktidā pāpināṃ loke mlecchadeśe'pi pūjitā

Translation

Dies ist wahrlich das Cakra-Tīrtha, dessen Stein das Zeichen der Scheibe trägt. Es schenkt Befreiung selbst den Sündern in dieser Welt und wird sogar in Ländern der Fremden verehrt.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• cakra-tīrtham: the Cakra-tīrtha
• cakra-tīrtham: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• śilā: stone
• śilā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• cakra: a discus (wheel)
• cakra: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object of cihnitā)

• cihnitā: marked (with)
• cihnitā: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cihnita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √cihn/cih ‘to mark’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• mukti-dā: giver of liberation
• mukti-dā: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dā ‘to give’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• pāpinām: of sinners
• pāpinām: Sampradana (Beneficiary; genitive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikara (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mleccha-deśe: in a mleccha-land
• mleccha-deśe: Adhikara (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mleccha (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (म्लेच्छानां देशः)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• pūjitā: worshipped
• pūjitā: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pūj ‘to honor’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Devas (continuing praise within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ford at Dvārakā where a stone bears a clear discus (cakra) imprint; pilgrims bow and offer flowers, lamps, and water, emphasizing the stone as a visible sign of Viṣṇu’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra-tīrtha
• Cakra-cihna (discus mark)
• Śilā (sacred stone)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace can lift even the fallen; sincere reverence at a divinely marked place is portrayed as mokṣa-giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakra-tīrtha at Dvārakā, associated with a cakra-marked sacred stone (śilā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the cakra-cihnitā śilā at Cakra-tīrtha is implied as the devotional practice.