Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ये ये कुले भविष्यंति तत्पूर्वं मानवाः क्षितौ । सर्वे विष्णुपुरं यांति चक्रतीर्थास्थिपातनात्

Transliteration

ye ye kule bhaviṣyaṃti tatpūrvaṃ mānavāḥ kṣitau | sarve viṣṇupuraṃ yāṃti cakratīrthāsthipātanāt

Translation

ആ കുലത്തിൽ മുമ്പ് ജനിച്ചവരും ഇനി ജനിക്കാനിരിക്കുന്നവരും—ചക്രതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ അസ്ഥി-വിസർജനത്തിന്റെ ഫലമായി എല്ലാവരും വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ധാമത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ये: whoever
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic repetition)

• कुले: in (a) family/lineage
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

• भविष्यन्ति: will be born/will come to be
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• तत्-पूर्वम्: before that/previously
• तत्-पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial)

• मानवाः: people/men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• क्षितौ: on earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मानवाः)

• विष्णुपुरम्: Viṣṇu’s city
• विष्णुपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः पुरम्)

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• चक्रतीर्थ-अस्थि-पातनात्: because of casting bones at Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थ-अस्थि-पातनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + पातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतौ अपादान (ablative of cause); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (चक्रतीर्थे अस्थीनां पातनात्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A family performs asthi-pātana at the ghāṭa; behind them, a procession of ancestors rises; ahead, faint silhouettes of unborn descendants appear as buds/lotuses; all are drawn toward a luminous Viṣṇupura with Vaikuṇṭha gates and cakra insignia.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Viṣṇupura (Vaikuṇṭha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit generated at a great tīrtha can uplift not only an individual but also their lineage through ancestral rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, especially in connection with rites for departed ancestors.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Asthi-pātana (consigning bones/ashes) at Cakratīrtha for ancestral benefit.