Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तदाप्रभृति तच्चक्रं भक्तप्रार्थनया द्विजाः । अहिर्बुध्न्यकृते तीर्थे सन्निधानं सदाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

tadāprabhṛti taccakraṃ bhaktaprārthanayā dvijāḥ | ahirbudhnyakṛte tīrthe sannidhānaṃ sadā'karot

Translation

Dès lors, ô deux-fois-nés, ce Disque—à la prière du dévot—demeura à jamais présent au tīrtha établi par Ahirbudhnya.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• प्रभृति: from (that time) onward
• प्रभृति: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भवाचक (from… onwards)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘चक्रम्’ विशेषण

• चक्रम्: the discus
• चक्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्तप्रार्थनया: by/through devotees’ prayer
• भक्तप्रार्थनया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रार्थना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतुवाचक—‘भक्तानां प्रार्थनया’

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन; श्रोत्रृ-सम्बोधन

• अहिर्बुध्न्यकृते: made by Ahirbudhnya
• अहिर्बुध्न्यकृते: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहिर्बुध्न्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘अहिर्बुध्न्येन कृत’ इति; ‘तीर्थे’ विशेषण

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• सन्निधानम्: presence, residence
• सन्निधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक

• अकरोत्: made, established
• अकरोत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (here: Ahirbudhnya-kṛta tīrtha with Sudarśana-sannidhāna)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: द्विजाः (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The chakra settles into a luminous, steady hover above a newly sanctified water-spot; the sage offers a final prayer; the landscape transforms into a recognized tīrtha with subtle divine radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana Cakra
• Ahirbudhnya
• Cakratīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent through divine abiding presence earned by devotion and righteous intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha founded by Ahirbudhnya, later known as Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotee-supplication (prārthanā) is shown as efficacious; later verses highlight snāna at this tīrtha.