Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

देवीपुरे तथा दर्भशय्यायामपि भूसुराः । चक्रतीर्थे शिवे स्नानं पुण्यपापविनाशनम्

Transliteration

devīpure tathā darbhaśayyāyāmapi bhūsurāḥ | cakratīrthe śive snānaṃ puṇyapāpavināśanam

Translation

Ô bhūsura (brāhmanes), à Devīpura comme aussi à Darbhaśayyā, le bain dans l’auspicieux Cakratīrtha détruit le péché et confère le mérite (puṇya).

Word by Word

• देवीपुरे: in Devīpura
• देवीपुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देव्याः पुरम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samucchaya/Anukaraṇa (likewise)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• दर्भशय्यायाम्: on a darbha-grass bed
• दर्भशय्यायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दर्भस्य शय्या)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Samuccaya (also)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• भूसुराः: Brahmins (lit. gods on earth)
• भूसुराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• शिवे: auspicious/sacred
• शिवे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तीर्थे)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic/subject of statement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• पुण्यपापविनाशनम्: destroyer of merit-and-sin (i.e., of sins and merits)
• पुण्यपापविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (पुण्यपापयोः विनाशनम्) बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्नानम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; vocative bhūsūrāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Śiva)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūsura (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha pond/shore labeled Cakratīrtha; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims bathe; a small shrine of Śiva nearby; signposts to Devīpura and Darbhaśayyā; darbha grass motifs emphasize the place-name.

Characters & Entities

• Devīpura
• Darbhaśayyā
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a praised tīrtha through bathing is portrayed as a double fruit: removal of sin and increase of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha—associated with Devīpura and Darbhaśayyā in the Setu-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the auspicious Cakratīrtha (in the Devīpura/Darbhaśayyā circuit).