Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

जन्मापि विलयं यायान्मुक्तिश्चापि करे स्थिता । चक्रतीर्थसमं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति

Transliteration

janmāpi vilayaṃ yāyānmuktiścāpi kare sthitā | cakratīrthasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

Translation

Même la renaissance prendrait fin, et la délivrance (mokṣa) demeurerait, pour ainsi dire, au creux de la main; nul tīrtha égal à Cakratīrtha n’a existé, ni n’existera.

Word by Word

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• विलयम्: dissolution/cessation
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• यायात्: would go/should go
• यायात्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (and)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• करे: in the hand
• करे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• स्थितā: standing/placed
• स्थितā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मुक्तिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• चक्रतीर्थसमम्: equal to Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थसमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of तीर्थम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रतीर्थस्य समम्)

• तीर्थम्: a sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object of implied ‘exists’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• भूतम्: has been (in the past)
• भूतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Pratiyogin (temporal predicate: past)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत (भू धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: general dvija audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerges from Cakratīrtha waters with serene face; behind, a symbolic wheel (cakra) and a radiant doorway (mokṣa) appear; a broken chain represents end of rebirth.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text exalts a supreme sacred place whose grace is said to culminate in mokṣa and the end of saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, declared incomparable among tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is added here; the verse states the unsurpassed fruit (mokṣa) associated with Cakratīrtha.