Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
ईश्वर उवाच । पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे हत्वा दैत्याञ्जनार्द्दनः । चक्रं प्रक्षालयामास तत्र वै रक्तरंजितम्
īśvara uvāca | purā devāsure yuddhe hatvā daityāñjanārddanaḥ | cakraṃ prakṣālayāmāsa tatra vai raktaraṃjitam
Īśvara sprach: „Einst, im Krieg zwischen Göttern und Dämonen, wusch Janārdana, nachdem er die Daityas erschlagen hatte, dort sein Rad (Cakra), das vom Blut gerötet war.“
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Janārdana stands at the water’s edge after battle, washing the Sudarśana cakra stained red; the water ripples as the blood dissolves, sanctifying the ford.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is rooted in divine action; sacred places carry the memory of the Lord’s deeds and thus become channels of purification.
Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, identified through the event of washing the discus.
None explicitly in this verse; it provides the tīrtha’s mythic origin.