Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यं श्रुत्वा यत्रकुत्रापि गंगास्नानफलं लभेत् । चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थं यदा गंगा समागता

Transliteration

yaṃ śrutvā yatrakutrāpi gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet | cakrapuṣkariṇītīrthaṃ yadā gaṃgā samāgatā

Translation

ഇത് എവിടെയായാലും ശ്രവിച്ചാൽ ഗംഗാസ്നാനഫലം ലഭിക്കും. (ഇത് ആ സമയത്തെ കഥ) ഗംഗ ചക്രപുഷ്കരിണീ തീർത്ഥത്തിലെത്തിയപ്പോൾ।

Word by Word

• यम्: which; whom
• यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having heard)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• कुत्र: anywhere
• कुत्र: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative/indefinite: anywhere)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: even/also)

• गङ्गास्नानफलम्: the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गास्नानफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा-स्नान-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (that which is obtained)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थम्: the Cakra-Puṣkariṇī sacred ford
• चक्रपुष्करिणीतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-पुष्करिणी-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/विषय

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• गङ्गा: Gaṅgā
• गङ्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• समागता: arrived; came
• समागता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्तः (past participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (having) come/arrived

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapuṣkariṇī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (unnamed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Gaṅgā personified as a radiant goddess arriving at a lotus-lined sacred pond/ford named Cakrapuṣkariṇī; pilgrims and sages witness; subtle Vishnu ‘chakra’ motif hinted in the water ripples or a nearby emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Cakrapuṣkariṇī-tīrtha
• Gaṅgā-snānaphala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa (devout hearing) of a tīrtha-māhātmya can confer the same merit as direct pilgrimage acts like bathing in the Gaṅgā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakrapuṣkariṇī-tīrtha, associated with the Gaṅgā’s arrival.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Listening to the māhātmya; and implicitly Gaṅgā-snāna as the benchmark merit.