Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

प्रयागे ह्यस्थिपातेन यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् । तदेव शतसाहस्रं चक्रतीर्थास्थिपातनात्

Transliteration

prayāge hyasthipātena yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam | tadeva śatasāhasraṃ cakratīrthāsthipātanāt

Translation

Welches Verdienst auch für das Beisetzen der Gebeine in Prayāga gerühmt wird — eben dieses Verdienst wird durch das Beisetzen der Gebeine in Cakratīrtha hunderttausendfach.

Word by Word

• प्रयागे: at Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेतौ/निश्चये (indeed/for)

• अस्थि-पातेन: by the casting of bones
• अस्थि-पातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular; relative pronoun)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular)

• परिकीर्तितम्: proclaimed/declared
• परिकीर्तितम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adj./विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि (PPP, neuter nom/acc sg.; ‘is proclaimed’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular; demonstrative)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: just/indeed)

• शत-साहस्रम्: a hundred thousand (times)
• शत-साहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nom/acc singular; ‘a hundred-thousandfold’)

• चक्र-तीर्थ-अस्थि-पातनात्: from the casting of bones at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्र-तीर्थ-अस्थि-पातनात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + पातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, ablative singular; ‘from/by reason of’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel sacred geography: left, the confluence at Prayāga with pilgrims offering asthi; right, the Dvārakā seashore at Cakratīrtha where the same rite radiates a vast halo labeled ‘śata-sāhasra’ amplification, with pitṛs receiving light.

Characters & Entities

• Prayāga
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rites for the departed gain extraordinary potency when performed at supremely praised tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in the Dvārakā region, presented as surpassing even Prayāga for this rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Asthi-pātana (consigning the bones/ashes of the departed) at Cakratīrtha.