Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थं तदादौ विष्णुना कृतम् । तदाख्या कर्णनादेव सर्वैः पापैः प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

cakrapuṣkariṇītīrthaṃ tadādau viṣṇunā kṛtam | tadākhyā karṇanādeva sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Translation

Le tīrtha nommé Cakrapuṣkariṇī fut jadis façonné par Viṣṇu. Par la seule audition de son nom, on est délivré de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थम्: the Cakra-puṣkariṇī tīrtha
• चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + पुष्करिणी + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (चक्रस्य पुष्करिणी-तीर्थम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha/Anaphoric
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the beginning/at first’

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• कृतम्: made/created
• कृतम्: Predicate complement (to Karta/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त; विधेय-विशेषणम् (तीर्थम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha/Anaphoric
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ

• आख्या: (its) name
• आख्या: Predicate nominative (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘name/appellation’

• कर्णनादात्: from the sound in the ear
• कर्णनादात्: Apadana (Source/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्णस्य नादः); ‘from the ear-sound’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjectival to Karana/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पापैः)

• पापैः: from sins (as the thing one is freed from)
• पापैः: Karana (Instrument in passive construction/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed
• प्रमुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense): ‘is released’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as ‘vīra’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond/kuṇḍa shimmering with a subtle discus (cakra) motif on the water surface; Viṣṇu is shown as the ancient founder, sanctifying the place; devotees listen as a reciter speaks the tīrtha’s name, and dark ‘sins’ dissolve into light.

Characters & Entities

• Cakrapuṣkariṇī-tīrtha
• Viṣṇu
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is so potent that even nāma-śravaṇa (hearing a holy name) is credited with deep purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrapuṣkariṇī-tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-śravaṇa—hearing the tīrtha’s name—is said to free one from sins; the verse also notes its divine origin from Viṣṇu.