Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
अश्वमेधसहस्रेण सम्यग्यष्टेन यत्फलम् । स्नानमात्रेण तत्प्रोक्तं चक्रतीर्थे द्विजोत्तमाः
aśvamedhasahasreṇa samyagyaṣṭena yatphalam | snānamātreṇa tatproktaṃ cakratīrthe dvijottamāḥ
सहस्र अश्वमेध यज्ञ सम्यक् रीतीने केल्याने जे फळ मिळते, हे द्विजोत्तमांनो, तेच फळ चक्रतीर्थात केवळ स्नानाने प्राप्त होते असे सांगितले आहे।
Deductive (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; traditionally Sūta speaking in Purāṇic frame)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottamāḥ (learned brāhmaṇas/pilgrims)
Scene: A radiant Cakratīrtha ghāṭa where a single pilgrim’s immersion is visually paralleled by a thousand Aśvamedha altars fading into the background—showing equivalence of merit through sacred place.
FAQs
A true tīrtha concentrates immense merit—simple acts done there can equal grand Vedic sacrifices.
Cakratīrtha in Dvārakā.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Cakratīrtha is prescribed and praised as extraordinarily meritorious.