Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यच्च साक्षाद्भगवता दृष्टं कृष्णेन दृष्टितः । तत्तीर्थं सर्वपापघ्नं चक्राख्यं परमं हरेः

Transliteration

yacca sākṣādbhagavatā dṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇena dṛṣṭitaḥ | tattīrthaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ cakrākhyaṃ paramaṃ hareḥ

Translation

Und jener Ort, den der erhabene Bhagavān—durch Kṛṣṇas eigenen Blick—unmittelbar schaute, wird zum höchsten Tīrtha Haris, Cakra genannt, das alle Sünden vernichtet.

Word by Word

• yat: which/that (thing)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• sākṣāt: directly, in person
• sākṣāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākṣāt (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• bhagavatā: by the Blessed Lord
• bhagavatā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by the Lord)

• dṛṣṭam: seen
• dṛṣṭam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मवाच्य-भाव (seen)

• kṛṣṇena: by Krishna
• kṛṣṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭitaḥ: by (his) sight/visually
• dṛṣṭitaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/with respect to sight’

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• tīrtham: holy place, ford
• tīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• sarva-pāpa-ghnam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-ghnam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ghna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वेषां पापानां घ्नम्’

• cakra-ākhyam: named ‘Cakra’
• cakra-ākhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नामनिर्देशक-तत्पुरुष: ‘चक्र इति आख्या यस्य’ (called ‘Cakra’)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari (Vishnu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrākhya (Cakra) tīrtha of Hari

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal tīrtha named Cakra: pilgrims stand where Kṛṣṇa once looked; a subtle vision of Kṛṣṇa’s gaze radiates over the shore, and the cakra motif appears in the environment, suggesting sin-destroying sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Hari
• Cakra Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A site becomes supremely holy through the Lord’s direct association—divine presence consecrates geography and grants purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrākhya Tīrtha (Cakra Tīrtha), the supreme tīrtha of Hari in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the tīrtha’s inherent power to destroy sins due to Kṛṣṇa’s direct sanctification.