Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
विच्छिन्नमध्यं तद्द्वेधा विभक्तमिव दृश्यते । मध्यतः पतितैः शैलैश्चक्रतीर्थं स्थलीकृतम्
vicchinnamadhyaṃ taddvedhā vibhaktamiva dṛśyate | madhyataḥ patitaiḥ śailaiścakratīrthaṃ sthalīkṛtam
Son milieu, tranché, apparaît comme s’il était partagé en deux. Et par les rochers tombés au centre, Cakra-tīrtha fut changé en terre ferme.
Narrator (contextual; Sūta resumes explicitly in 4.64)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: Cakratīrtha shown as two water-bodies separated by a central rocky land-formation; the split is visually obvious, inviting pilgrims to perceive the tīrtha as ‘divided into two’.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision treats terrain itself as sacred history—landforms become signs that transmit the tīrtha’s spiritual power.
Cakratīrtha, whose central region is described as altered into land, marking its distinctive sacred topography.
No direct ritual instruction appears in this verse; it explains the tīrtha’s visible features.