Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा विष्णुचक्रं तद्गालवस्यापि पश्यतः । अन्येषामपि विप्राणां पश्यतां सहसा द्विजाः

Transliteration

ityuktvā viṣṇucakraṃ tadgālavasyāpi paśyataḥ | anyeṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ paśyatāṃ sahasā dvijāḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട്, ആ വിഷ്ണുചക്രം—ഗാലവൻ തന്നെ നോക്കിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, മറ്റു ബ്രാഹ്മണരും നോക്കിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ—അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി (അവിടെ)…

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having said’

• विष्णुचक्रम्: Viṣṇu’s discus
• विष्णुचक्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः चक्रम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘विष्णुचक्रम्’)

• गालवस्य: of Gālava
• गालवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching
• पश्यतः: Adhikaraṇa (Circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त/participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘while (he) is seeing’

• अन्येषाम्: of other
• अन्येषाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of ‘विप्राणाम्’)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• विप्राणाम्: of the brāhmaṇas
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were watching
• पश्यताम्: Adhikaraṇa (Circumstance)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘while (they) are seeing’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: suddenly)

• द्विजाः: the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta’s narration, though direct 'Sūta uvāca' appears in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī (soon to be famed as Cakratīrtha)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame) / Gālava (embedded addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant discus of Viṣṇu hovers and moves with sudden speed as Gālava and assembled brāhmaṇas watch in astonishment; the air shimmers with divine light over the sacred tank.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇucakra
• Gālava
• Vipras (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is reinforced through witnessed divine action, grounding faith in a shared sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha and Dharmapuṣkariṇī, whose sanctity is tied to the visible act of Viṣṇu’s discus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it transitions the story toward the discus entering the purifying tank.