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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

चक्रतीर्थे तथा स्नायाद्भजेत्सेत्वधिपं हरिम् । देवीपत्तनमारभ्य यत्कृतं सेतुबंधनम्

cakratīrthe tathā snāyādbhajetsetvadhipaṃ harim | devīpattanamārabhya yatkṛtaṃ setubaṃdhanam

De même, qu’on se baigne à Cakratīrtha et qu’on adore Hari, le Seigneur du Setu ; car c’est depuis Devīpattana que fut entreprise l’édification du pont du Setu.

चक्रतीर्थेat Cakra-tīrtha
चक्रतीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + तीर्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
स्नायात्should bathe
स्नायात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
भजेत्should worship/serve
भजेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सेत्वधिपम्the lord of the bridge
सेत्वधिपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसेत्वधिप (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + अधिप)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म
हरिम्Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; सेत्वधिपम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन
देवीपत्तनम्from Devīpattana
देवीपत्तनम्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवीपत्तन (प्रातिपदिक; देवी + पत्तन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative)
आरभ्यstarting from
आरभ्य:
Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-रभ् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); अव्यय; ‘आरभ्य’ = starting from
यत्which
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
कृतम्made/constructed
कृतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘made/constructed’
सेतुबंधनम्the building/binding of the bridge (bridge-construction)
सेतुबंधनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसेतुबंधन (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + बन्धन)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानी/वाक्यविषय (predicate nominative)

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya style instruction)

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Setu region)

Type: ghat

Scene: At Cakratīrtha, pilgrims emerge from the sea and approach a small shrine where Hari is honored as Setvadhipa; Devīpattana is evoked as the place where the Setu-building began, with a faint line of stones across the sea in the distance.

C
Cakratīrtha
H
Hari
S
Setu
D
Devīpattana

FAQs

Pilgrimage is completed through both tīrtha-snāna and devotion (bhajana) to the presiding deity, here Hari as Lord of Setu.

Cakratīrtha, along with the Setu-region beginning from Devīpattana.

Bathe at Cakratīrtha and worship Hari, the presiding lord of the Setu.