Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
सेतुमूलं हि तत्प्रोक्तं तद्दर्भशयनं मतम् । तत्रैव चक्रतीर्थं तु महापातकमर्द्दनम्
setumūlaṃ hi tatproktaṃ taddarbhaśayanaṃ matam | tatraiva cakratīrthaṃ tu mahāpātakamarddanam
Ce lieu est proclamé comme la “racine même du Setu” et tenu pour le “lit d’herbe darbha”. Là se trouve aussi le Cakra-tīrtha, qui broie les grands péchés.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha at Setumūla
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas
Scene: A coastal sacred landscape at Setu’s ‘root’: pale sand, darbha-grass spread like a ritual bed, a shining tīrtha-pool named Cakra, with pilgrims bathing while a subtle divine discus motif glows above the waters.
FAQs
The tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic remedy: sincere approach to a sanctified place can dissolve even heavy moral burdens.
Cakra-tīrtha at the Setu-mūla (the foundational point of Setu), also associated with ‘Darbha-śayana’.
Implied tīrtha-sevā such as snāna and pilgrimage at Cakra-tīrtha for removal of mahāpātakas (great sins).