Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि तत्रानीय स्वयं हरिः । तीर्थे प्रकल्पयामास शुद्धिं कृत्वा सुदर्शने । तीर्थस्य चक्रे नामापि चकतीर्थमिति श्रुतम्
aṣṭakoṭisutīrthāni tatrānīya svayaṃ hariḥ | tīrthe prakalpayāmāsa śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sudarśane | tīrthasya cakre nāmāpi cakatīrthamiti śrutam
स्वतः हरिने तेथे आठ कोटी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थे आणून त्या स्थानी स्थापित केली. सुदर्शनचक्र शुद्ध करून त्या तीर्थाला ‘चक्रतीर्थ’ असे नाव दिले, आणि ते प्रसिद्ध झाले.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Devī
Scene: Hari stands by the tīrtha, radiating power; innumerable symbolic streams/miniature tīrthas converge into one water body as he purifies Sudarśana and names the place Cakra-tīrtha.
FAQs
Sacred geography is intensified by divine consecration: a single tīrtha can embody the merit of countless pilgrimage sites when sanctified by the Lord.
Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a confluence of innumerable tīrthas.
Implied tīrtha-sevā: visiting and bathing at a tīrtha that embodies many tīrthas; the verse itself narrates consecration rather than prescribing a rite.