Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थं समासाद्य निवसद्रघुनंदनः । चिंतयन्राघवः श्रीमान्सुग्रीवादीनभाषत

Transliteration

cakratīrthaṃ samāsādya nivasadraghunaṃdanaḥ | ciṃtayanrāghavaḥ śrīmānsugrīvādīnabhāṣata

Translation

Setibanya di Cakratīrtha, putra kebanggaan wangsa Raghu itu menetap di sana. Rāghava yang mulia, setelah merenung, berbicara kepada Sugrīva dan yang lainnya.

Word by Word

• चक्रतीर्थम्: Cakra-tīrtha (a sacred ford/place)
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of समासाद्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Anterior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वार्थ)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• निवसत्: residing, staying
• निवसत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √वस् (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘residing’

• रघुनन्दनः: descendant/son of Raghu (Rāma)
• रघुनन्दनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (रघोः नन्दनः)

• चिन्तयन्: thinking
• चिन्तयन्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘thinking’

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रीमान्: glorious, illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying राघवः)

• सुग्रीवादीन्: Sugrīva and others
• सुग्रीवादीन्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः (सुग्रीवः आदिः येषां तान्)

• अभाषत: spoke to, addressed
• अभाषत: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma arrives at Cakratīrtha by the roaring sea, sets camp, sits in contemplation, then turns to address Sugrīva and leaders.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Rāma (Raghunandana/Rāghava)
• Sugrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Before great undertakings, the dharmic leader pauses at a tīrtha, reflects, and consults—action rooted in contemplation becomes auspicious and effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha is explicitly highlighted as Rāma’s place of residence and deliberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the tīrtha-setting implies sanctifying one’s resolve through sacred residence and reflection.