Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्रैव यदि लभ्यंते चक्रैर्द्वादशभिः सह । द्वादशात्मा स विज्ञेयो मोक्षदः परिकीर्तितः

Transliteration

tatraiva yadi labhyaṃte cakrairdvādaśabhiḥ saha | dvādaśātmā sa vijñeyo mokṣadaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Translation

If, right there, a stone is found bearing twelve discus (cakra) marks, it should be known as “of twelvefold nature”; it is renowned as a bestower of liberation (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• eva: itself; indeed
• eva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्तार्थक—conditional conjunction)

• labhyante: are found/obtained
• labhyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'are obtained')

• cakraiḥ: with discs; with cakras
• cakraiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• dvādaśabhiḥ: with twelve
• dvādaśabhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (cakraiḥ इति)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक—'together with')

• dvādaśātmā: having twelve aspects
• dvādaśātmā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (dvādaśa ātma yasya—'having twelve forms/aspects'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ इति)

• saḥ: he/that (one)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vijñeyaḥ: is to be known
• vijñeyaḥ: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु) + ya (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be known'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• mokṣadaḥ: giver of liberation
• mokṣadaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mokṣasya dātā—'giver of liberation'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ इति)

• parikīrtitaḥ: is proclaimed; is described
• parikīrtitaḥ: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim discovers a rare stone at Cakratīrtha bearing twelve distinct cakra-imprints; elders identify it as dvādaśātmā, and the group performs simple worship, awed by its mokṣa-bestowing fame.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Cakrāṅkita śilā (disc-marked stone)
• Dvādaśa (twelve)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material signs connected to the Lord’s sacred geography are treated as conveyors of remembrance and liberation-oriented devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Dvārakā, where disc-marked stones are found.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recognizing and revering a stone bearing twelve cakra-marks as mokṣa-giving.