Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

लोभेनाऽप्यपराधेन दम्भेन कपटेन वा । चक्रतीर्थं च यो गच्छेन्न पुनर्विशते भवम्

Transliteration

lobhenā'pyaparādhena dambhena kapaṭena vā | cakratīrthaṃ ca yo gacchenna punarviśate bhavam

Translation

Even if one goes to Cakratīrtha driven by greed, stained by wrongdoing, or moved by hypocrisy and deceit, that person does not enter worldly becoming (bhava) again and is not reborn.

Word by Word

• लोभेन: with greed
• लोभेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-अर्थे (even)

• अपराधेन: with wrongdoing/offence
• अपराधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• दम्भेन: with hypocrisy/ostentation
• दम्भेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• कपटेन: with deceit
• कपटेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्र-तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular; relative pronoun)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should go, 3rd sg.)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरावृत्ति-अर्थे (again)

• विशते: enters
• विशते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + शि (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 3rd sg., ‘enters’)

• भवम्: worldly existence (saṃsāra)
• भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A conflicted pilgrim with shadowy attendants symbolizing lobha/dambha/kapata approaches the tīrtha; as he steps onto the ghāṭa, the shadows dissolve in a burst of cakra-light, and a path beyond saṃsāra opens.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is so powerful that sincere contact with it can overcome even impure motives and cut off rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, a sacred bathing/ritual ford associated with Dvārakā’s holy landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/going to Cakratīrtha (tīrtha-gamana) is emphasized as spiritually transformative.