Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

चक्षुर्भद्रा तथा सीता नद्योऽन्याः पापनाशिनी । वर्तंते पूर्वदिग्भागे तीर्थैश्च षष्टिकोटिभिः

Transliteration

cakṣurbhadrā tathā sītā nadyo'nyāḥ pāpanāśinī | vartaṃte pūrvadigbhāge tīrthaiśca ṣaṣṭikoṭibhiḥ

Translation

Cakṣurbhadrā et Sītā, ainsi que d’autres rivières qui anéantissent le péché, se tenaient au quartier de l’est avec soixante crores de tīrthas.

Word by Word

• चक्षुर्भद्रा: Cakṣurbhadrā (river)
• चक्षुर्भद्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुः + भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (नाम)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सीता: Sītā (river)
• सीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (नद्यः)

• पापनाशिनी: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशिनी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (समूहवाचक/नद्यः)

• वर्तन्ते: exist/are found, occur
• वर्तन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• पूर्वदिग्भागे: in the eastern quarter-region
• पूर्वदिग्भागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + दिक् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• तीर्थैः: with sacred places
• तीर्थैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• षष्टिकोटिभिः: with sixty crores (of)
• षष्टिकोटिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha-sammelana (eastern quarter)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A directional wheel: the east filled with river-devis labeled Cakṣurbhadrā and Sītā, accompanied by countless small tīrtha-sprites/miniature shrines symbolizing ‘sixty crores’; rays of dawn light mark the eastern quarter.

Characters & Entities

• Cakṣurbhadrā
• Sītā (river)
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sin is overcome through association with purifying tīrthas, especially when they are approached in a spirit of pilgrimage and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā as the implied center drawing innumerable pāpanāśinī rivers and tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes the purificatory nature of rivers/tīrthas.