Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

भवंति यत्र पाषाणाश्चक्रांका मुक्तिदायकाः । यैः पूजितैर्जगन्नाथः कृष्णः सांनिध्यमाव्रजेत्

Transliteration

bhavaṃti yatra pāṣāṇāścakrāṃkā muktidāyakāḥ | yaiḥ pūjitairjagannāthaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sāṃnidhyamāvrajet

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಚಕ್ರಚಿಹ್ನಾಂಕಿತ ಶಿಲೆಗಳು ಮುಕ್ತಿದಾಯಕವಾಗಿವೆ; ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಿದರೆ ಜಗನ್ನಾಥ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನು ಭಕ್ತನ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸಾನ್ನಿಧ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗಮಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• bhavanti: exist/are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• pāṣāṇāḥ: stones
• pāṣāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचनम्

• cakrāṃkāḥ: disc-marked
• cakrāṃkāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakra + aṅka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (cakrasya aṅkaḥ: marked with a discus)

• muktidāyakāḥ: liberation-giving
• muktidāyakāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mukteḥ dāyakaḥ: giver of liberation)

• yaiḥ: by which
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun: by which/with which)

• pūjitaiḥ: having been worshipped (by them)
• pūjitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘यैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• jagannāthaḥ: Lord of the world
• jagannāthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + nātha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jagataḥ nāthaḥ: Lord of the world)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; जगन्नाथस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• sāṃnidhyam: presence/nearby presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचनम्

• āvrajet: would come/attain
• āvrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (cakrāṅkita-śilā-prāpti)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a sacred shore, devotees discover dark stones imprinted with a discus-mark; they bathe them, place them on a small altar with tulasī and lamps, and Kṛṣṇa’s presence is felt as a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra-marked stones (cakrāṅka pāṣāṇa)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Jagannātha
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material tokens of a tīrtha, when revered with devotion, mediate divine presence and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha and its sacred cakra-marked stones in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the cakra-marked stones (pāṣāṇas) associated with the tīrtha.