Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि तत्रानीय स्वयं हरिः । तीर्थे प्रकल्पयामास शुद्धिं कृत्वा सुदर्शने । तीर्थस्य चक्रे नामापि चकतीर्थमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

aṣṭakoṭisutīrthāni tatrānīya svayaṃ hariḥ | tīrthe prakalpayāmāsa śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sudarśane | tīrthasya cakre nāmāpi cakatīrthamiti śrutam

Translation

Hari (Viṣṇu) lui-même y fit venir huit crores de tīrtha d’excellence et les établit en ce lieu. Après avoir purifié Sudarśana, il conféra aussi un nom à ce gué sacré : il devint renommé sous celui de « Cakra-tīrtha ».

Word by Word

• अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि: eight-crore excellent sacred fords
• अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + कोटि + सु + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभावः: अष्टकोटीनां सुतीर्थानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकल्पयामास: established, arranged
• प्रकल्पयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (to arrange/establish)

• शुद्धिम्: purification
• शुद्धिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• सुदर्शने: in/for Sudarśana (the discus)
• सुदर्शने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं दर्शनं यस्य/सु-दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरणम् (in/with respect to Sudarśana-cakra)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रे: made, assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• नाम: a name
• नाम: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• चक्रतीर्थम्: Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karman/Predicate-nominative (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st) / द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन; अत्र इति-शब्देन नामरूपेण (as the name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (it is heard/known)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari stands by the tīrtha, radiating power; innumerable symbolic streams/miniature tīrthas converge into one water body as he purifies Sudarśana and names the place Cakra-tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Sudarśana
• Cakratīrtha
• Aṣṭakoṭi-tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is intensified by divine consecration: a single tīrtha can embody the merit of countless pilgrimage sites when sanctified by the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a confluence of innumerable tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā: visiting and bathing at a tīrtha that embodies many tīrthas; the verse itself narrates consecration rather than prescribing a rite.