Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । मुक्तितीर्थमहं ज्ञात्वा ज्ञानेन मधुसूदन । चक्रतीर्थं गतः स्नातुं यात्रायां हर्षसंयुतः

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | muktitīrthamahaṃ jñātvā jñānena madhusūdana | cakratīrthaṃ gataḥ snātuṃ yātrāyāṃ harṣasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

Durvasa dit : « Connaissant, par le vrai discernement, le Tīrtha appelé Muktitīrtha, ô Madhusūdana, je suis allé en pèlerinage — joyeux dans ce voyage — pour me baigner à Cakratīrtha. »

Word by Word

• durvāsāḥ: Durvāsā
• durvāsāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (वचन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mukti-tīrtham: the Mukti-tīrtha
• mukti-tīrtham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘मुक्तेः तीर्थम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jñātvā: having known
• jñātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• jñānena: by knowledge
• jñānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• madhusūdana: O Madhusūdana
• madhusūdana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘मधोः सूदनः’); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• cakra-tīrtham: to the Cakra-tīrtha
• cakra-tīrtham: Karma (गमनस्य कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (finite sense: ‘went’)

• snātum: to bathe
• snātum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थे

• yātrāyām: on the pilgrimage
• yātrāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• harṣa-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with joy
• harṣa-saṃyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त, युज् धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘हर्षेण संयुतः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (with mention of Muktitīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Durvāsā, radiant and austere, sets out on a joyful pilgrimage toward Dvārakā’s Cakratīrtha, holding kuśa and akṣata, addressing Madhusūdana with devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• Muktitīrtha
• Cakratīrtha
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)
• Snāna (ritual bath)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with right understanding (jñāna) and devotion turns tīrtha-bathing into a path oriented toward liberation (mukti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Muktitīrtha and Cakratīrtha are explicitly named and praised as sacred bathing places within the Dvārakā Māhātmya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at Cakratīrtha is mentioned as the pilgrim act performed during yātrā.