Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेद्देवमच्युतम् । पुण्डरीकस्य यज्ञस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

cakratīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamacyutam | puṇḍarīkasya yajñasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

Mais quiconque se baigne à Cakratīrtha et vénère l’infaillible Seigneur Acyuta obtient le mérite issu du sacrifice de Puṇḍarīka.

Word by Word

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘चक्रस्य तीर्थम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, ‘having bathed’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अच्युतम्: Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• अच्युतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; देवम् विशेषण/नाम

• पुण्डरीकस्य: of Puṇḍarīka
• पुण्डरीकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇḍarīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man/person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revākhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrim bathes at Cakratīrtha, then performs Acyuta-pūjā on the ghat—lamp, tulasī, flowers—while a subtle Sudarśana emblem marks the place; atmosphere of sanctified simplicity.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Puṇḍarīka
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and devotion (snāna plus pūjā) can yield the same spiritual merit as major Vedic sacrifices when performed with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bath) at Cakratīrtha followed by pūjā (worship) of Lord Acyuta (Viṣṇu).