Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे तथा स्नायाद्भजेत्सेत्वधिपं हरिम् । देवीपत्तनमारभ्य यत्कृतं सेतुबंधनम्

Transliteration

cakratīrthe tathā snāyādbhajetsetvadhipaṃ harim | devīpattanamārabhya yatkṛtaṃ setubaṃdhanam

Translation

Demikian juga, hendaklah mandi di Cakratīrtha dan berbhakti menyembah Hari, Penguasa Setu; kerana dari Devīpattana-lah usaha membina jambatan Setu dimulakan.

Word by Word

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्नायात्: should bathe
• स्नायात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भजेत्: should worship/serve
• भजेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सेत्वधिपम्: the lord of the bridge
• सेत्वधिपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेत्वधिप (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; सेत्वधिपम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन

• देवीपत्तनम्: from Devīpattana
• देवीपत्तनम्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवीपत्तन (प्रातिपदिक; देवी + पत्तन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative)

• आरभ्य: starting from
• आरभ्य: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); अव्यय; ‘आरभ्य’ = starting from

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: made/constructed
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘made/constructed’

• सेतुबंधनम्: the building/binding of the bridge (bridge-construction)
• सेतुबंधनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतुबंधन (प्रातिपदिक; सेतु + बन्धन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृस्थानी/वाक्यविषय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Setukhaṇḍa Māhātmya style instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Setu region)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Cakratīrtha, pilgrims emerge from the sea and approach a small shrine where Hari is honored as Setvadhipa; Devīpattana is evoked as the place where the Setu-building began, with a faint line of stones across the sea in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Hari
• Setu
• Devīpattana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed through both tīrtha-snāna and devotion (bhajana) to the presiding deity, here Hari as Lord of Setu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, along with the Setu-region beginning from Devīpattana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Cakratīrtha and worship Hari, the presiding lord of the Setu.