Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

चक्रांकिता शिला यत्र गोमत्युदधिसंगमे । यच्छति पूजिता मोक्षं तां पुरीं को न सेवते

Transliteration

cakrāṃkitā śilā yatra gomatyudadhisaṃgame | yacchati pūjitā mokṣaṃ tāṃ purīṃ ko na sevate

Translation

ഗോമതി-സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ ചക്രാങ്കിത ശിലയുണ്ട്; അത് പൂജിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ മോക്ഷം നൽകുന്നു—അത്തരം പുരിയെ ആരാണ് സേവിക്കാതിരിക്കുക?

Word by Word

• cakrāṃkitā: Marked by the discus (Chakra)
• cakrāṃkitā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakrāṃkitā (cakra + aṅkitā)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (Tritiya Tatpurusha)

• śilā: Stone/Rock
• śilā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• yatra: Where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (Relative)

• gomatyudadhisaṃgame: At the confluence of the Gomati and the Ocean
• gomatyudadhisaṃgame: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatyudadhisaṃgama (gomati + udadhi + saṃgama)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular (Shasthi Tatpurusha)

• yacchati: Gives/Bestows
• yacchati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (yacch) (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Prathama Purusha, Eka Vachana

• pūjitā: Worshipped
• pūjitā: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (प्रत्यय)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular (Past Passive Participle)

• mokṣaṃ: Liberation/Salvation
• mokṣaṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• tāṃ: That
• tāṃ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• purīṃ: City
• purīṃ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• kaḥ: Who
• kaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: Not
• na: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negative Particle

• sevate: Serves/Resorts to
• sevate: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sev (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Prathama Purusha, Eka Vachana (Atmanepada)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Samudra-saṅgama (Dvārakā) with Cakrāṅkita-Śilā

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the river’s mouth, pilgrims gather around a smooth stone bearing a discus mark; offerings of tulasī and lamps; the ocean and Gomati meet behind, suggesting mokṣa as horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī
• Ocean (udadhi)
• Cakra (discus)
• Dwārakā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vaiṣṇava sacred symbols and tīrtha-confluences are depicted as direct supports for liberation when approached with worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gomati–ocean confluence (Gomaty-udadhi-saṅgama) at Dwārakā, featuring the cakrāṅkitā śilā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the cakrāṅkitā śilā at the Gomati-saṅgama is said to grant mokṣa.