Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

चक्रस्वामिसुतीर्थं च ततो गच्छेद्धि मानवः । कृत्वा स्नानं पितॄंस्तर्प्य विष्णुलोकमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

cakrasvāmisutīrthaṃ ca tato gaccheddhi mānavaḥ | kṛtvā snānaṃ pitṝṃstarpya viṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt

Translation

Then one should go to the sacred ford called Cakrasvāmi-su-tīrtha. Having bathed there and offered tarpana—libations of water—to the ancestors, one attains Viṣṇu’s world, Viṣṇuloka.

Word by Word

• चक्रस्वामिसुतीर्थम्: the sacred ford (tīrtha) of Cakrasvāmin
• चक्रस्वामिसुतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रस्वामि + सुतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चक्रस्वामिनः सुतीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/कालवाचक (adverb): ‘thereafter/from there’

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: कृ; अर्थः: having done

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• तर्प्य: having satisfied (with oblations)
• तर्प्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), धातु: तृप् (तर्पयति—causative sense in usage); अर्थः: having satisfied (by offerings)

• विष्णुलोकम्: Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः लोकः)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrasvāmi-su-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathes at a sacred waterbody; a Viṣṇu emblem (chakra) marks the site; after snāna, tarpaṇa is offered; a visionary glimpse of Viṣṇuloka (Vaikuṇṭha-like radiance) appears.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrasvāmi-su-tīrtha
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification (snāna) joined with gratitude to lineage (pitṛ-tarpaṇa) is praised as dharmic conduct leading to exalted spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrasvāmi-su-tīrtha, a tīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) and pitṛ-tarpaṇa (water-offerings to ancestors).