Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

सहितः सहसा प्रायाद्दक्षिणस्योदधेस्तटम् । दक्षिणं चक्रतीर्थाख्यादुत्तरं गंधमादनात्

Transliteration

sahitaḥ sahasā prāyāddakṣiṇasyodadhestaṭam | dakṣiṇaṃ cakratīrthākhyāduttaraṃ gaṃdhamādanāt

Translation

…s’en allèrent promptement ensemble vers la rive méridionale de l’océan : au sud du lieu nommé Cakratīrtha et au nord de Gandhamādana.

Word by Word

• सहितः: accompanied; together (with him)
• सहितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; ‘accompanied/with’

• सहसा: quickly; at once
• सहसा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly/quickly)

• प्रायात्: set out; went
• प्रायात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘set out/went’

• दक्षिणस्य: of the southern
• दक्षिणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; उदधेः इति विशेषणम् (‘southern’)

• उदधेः: ocean; sea
• उदधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• तटम्: shore; bank
• तटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दक्षिणम्: the south (direction)
• दक्षिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; दिक्-वाचक (direction)

• चक्रतीर्थाख्यात्: from (the place) called Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थाख्यात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; चक्रतीर्थ इति आख्यं यस्य/यत् तत् (named Cakratīrtha) इति तत्पुरुषभावः; ‘from (the place) called Cakratīrtha’

• उत्तरम्: the north (direction)
• उत्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; दिक्-वाचक

• गन्धमादनात्: from Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; पर्वतनाम (proper noun)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (as landmark) and the unnamed superior tīrtha in the mapped corridor

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brothers hurry along the seashore, the vetāla-formed one moving with urgency; the text maps the corridor: south of Cakratīrtha, north of Gandhamādana.

Characters & Entities

• Sukarṇa
• Elder brother (vetāla-form)
• Southern ocean shore
• Cakratīrtha
• Gandhamādana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is enacted through pilgrimage—moving toward a holy place with urgency and faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The southern ocean shore region around Cakratīrtha, with directional markers relative to Gandhamādana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage (gamana) to the specified tīrtha region as preparation for darśana and snāna.