Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहाय भवतां यत्र चक्रं सुदर्शनम् । निःसृतं प्रथमं विप्रा जलं भित्त्वा ममाग्रतः

Transliteration

anugrahāya bhavatāṃ yatra cakraṃ sudarśanam | niḥsṛtaṃ prathamaṃ viprā jalaṃ bhittvā mamāgrataḥ

Translation

Pour vous accorder ma faveur, ô brāhmaṇas, c’est ici que le Cakra Sudarśana jaillit pour la première fois, fendant les eaux devant Moi.

Word by Word

• anugrahāya: for (your) favor/grace
• anugrahāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• bhavatām: of you (honored ones)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• cakram: the discus
• cakram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sudarśanam: Sudarśana (beautiful to behold)
• sudarśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-darśana (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारयः—su + darśana)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘चक्रम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• niḥsṛtam: came forth/emerged
• niḥsṛtam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ-√sṛ (कृदन्त; धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘चक्रम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• prathamam: first
• prathamam: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः/क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: first)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bhittvā: having pierced/split
• bhittvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √bhid (कृदन्त; धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having split

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• agrataḥ: in front (of me)
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agratas (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (in front of)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhas) within the narrated scene; broader audience implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before Hari at the ocean’s edge, the Sudarśana Cakra bursts upward from the waters, splitting the surface; brāhmaṇas witness the radiant disc emerging like a sun from the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana Cakra
• Viṣṇu
• Vipras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are sanctified by divine acts; remembering such origins strengthens faith and tīrtha-reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Dvārakā-associated tīrtha identified by the miracle of Sudarśana Cakra’s first emergence through its waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it provides an origin-myth (utpatti) establishing the tīrtha’s exceptional sanctity.