Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यत्र त्रैविक्रमी मूर्तिर्वहते यत्र गोमती । नरा मुक्तिं प्रयास्यंति चक्रतीर्थेन संगताः

Transliteration

yatra traivikramī mūrtirvahate yatra gomatī | narā muktiṃ prayāsyaṃti cakratīrthena saṃgatāḥ

Translation

Wo die heilige Gegenwart Trivikramas weilt und wo die Gomati fließt—die Menschen, die dort mit dem Cakratīrtha verbunden sind, schreiten der Befreiung entgegen.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• त्रैविक्रमी: of Trivikrama
• त्रैविक्रमी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैविक्रमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• मूर्तिः: form/icon
• मूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• वहते: flows/is carried
• वहते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• गोमती: the Gomati (river)
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रयास्यन्ति: will attain/go to
• प्रयास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• चक्रतीर्थेन: by/through Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'tīrtha of the discus'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• संगताः: associated/come together (with)
• संगताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual; continued discourse before ṛṣaya ūcuḥ at 14)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā) on the Gomati

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverfront ghāṭa where the Gomati flows into the sea; a radiant Trivikrama icon stands, and a symbolic cakra-marked tīrtha pool/spot draws pilgrims performing snāna and offering lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Trivikrama (Viṣṇu)
• Gomatī
• Cakratīrtha
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a Viṣṇu-linked tīrtha (Cakratīrtha) in Dvārakā, sanctified by Trivikrama and the Gomati, is presented as a direct support for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha at Dvārakā, together with the Gomati river and the presence of Trivikrama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is tīrtha-sevā—going there and associating with (and typically bathing/worshipping at) Cakratīrtha.