Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एकचक्रेण पाषाणो द्वारवत्यां सुशोभनः । सुदर्शनाभिधेयोसौ मोक्षैकफलदायकः

Transliteration

ekacakreṇa pāṣāṇo dvāravatyāṃ suśobhanaḥ | sudarśanābhidheyosau mokṣaikaphaladāyakaḥ

Translation

In Dvāravatī heißt ein schöner Stein mit nur einem Cakra‑Zeichen „Sudarśana“; er verleiht die einzige Frucht: Mokṣa, die Befreiung.

Word by Word

• ekacakreṇa: with one discus (mark)
• ekacakreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (ekaṃ cakram—'one discus'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• pāṣāṇaḥ: a stone
• pāṣāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dvāravatyām: in Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• dvāravatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• suśobhanaḥ: very beautiful
• suśobhanaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pāṣāṇaḥ इति)

• sudarśanābhidheyaḥ: called Sudarśana
• sudarśanābhidheyaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sudarśana (प्रातिपदिक) + abhidheya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sudarśana iti abhidheyaḥ—'named Sudarśana'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pāṣāṇaḥ इति)

• asau: that (stone)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mokṣaikaphaladāyakaḥ: granting the single fruit of liberation
• mokṣaikaphaladāyakaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (mokṣa eva ekaṃ phalaṃ yasya—'whose sole fruit is liberation' + dāyakaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (pāṣāṇaḥ/ asau इति)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sudarśana-śilā (cakra-lakṣaṇa-pāṣāṇa) at Dvāravatī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous cakra-marked stone (śilā) displayed in Dvārakā, garlanded and worshipped by pilgrims; the Sudarśana-discus aura radiates, suggesting mokṣa as a rising light beyond the sea-horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Sudarśana
• Cakra-marked stone

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the Lord’s emblem (Sudarśana-cakra) in a holy place focuses devotion toward the highest goal—mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvāravatī (Dvārakā), in the Cakratīrtha milieu where cakra-marked stones are revered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identifying and honoring the single-cakra-mark stone called ‘Sudarśana’ as a mokṣa-bestowing sacred object.