Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

स्नातोऽहं चक्रतीर्थे तु करिष्ये भोजनं विभो । तस्मात्स्नापय गोविंद नियमं सफलं कुरु

Transliteration

snāto'haṃ cakratīrthe tu kariṣye bhojanaṃ vibho | tasmātsnāpaya goviṃda niyamaṃ saphalaṃ kuru

Translation

ഹേ വിഭോ! ചക്രതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഞാൻ ഭോജനം കഴിക്കും. അതിനാൽ ഹേ ഗോവിന്ദാ! എന്നെ സ്നാനിപ്പിച്ച് എന്റെ നിയമവ്രതം ഫലപ്രദമാക്കുക।

Word by Word

• स्नातः: bathed
• स्नातः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (I, having bathed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण; (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• करिष्ये: I will do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भोजनम्: meal/food
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण अव्ययीभाववत्; हेत्वर्थे (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• स्नापय: cause (me) to bathe
• स्नापय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: make (me) bathe)

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• नियमम्: vow/observance
• नियमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नियमम्)

• कुरु: make/do
• कुरु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Durvāsas (implied from context, addressing Kṛṣṇa as Govinda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, humbled yet resolute, prays to Govinda to enable his bath at Cakratīrtha so his observance may succeed; the sacred waters glow as if awaiting divine sanction.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra-tīrtha
• Govinda
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows succeed through divine grace; devotion turns ritual action into spiritually fruitful dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakra-tīrtha, a sacred bathing place associated with Govinda/Kṛṣṇa in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Cakra-tīrtha followed by bhojana (taking food) as part of a regulated niyama/vow.