Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
कीदृशं वा भवेत्पुण्यं चक्रतीर्थे तथैव च । एतच्चान्यान्विशे षांश्च ब्रूहि पौराणिकोत्तम
kīdṛśaṃ vā bhavetpuṇyaṃ cakratīrthe tathaiva ca | etaccānyānviśe ṣāṃśca brūhi paurāṇikottama
ചക്രതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ എങ്ങനെയുള്ള പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കുന്നു? ഇതും മറ്റു പ്രത്യേകതകളും കൂടി പറയുക, ഹേ പുരാണജ്ഞന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠാ।
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages lean forward requesting the ‘kind of merit’ at Cakratīrtha; Sūta prepares to narrate, raising a hand in teaching gesture; a symbolic discus (cakra) motif appears above the imagined tīrtha waters.
FAQs
Merit is not abstract in Purāṇic dharma; it is mapped onto sacred places, acts, and their specific ‘viśeṣas’ (distinct spiritual effects).
Cakratīrtha (within the Setukhaṇḍa’s Rāmasetu pilgrimage circuit).
None directly; the verse asks for an account of the puṇya and special observances/benefits connected with the tīrtha.