Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

देवीपुरे तथा दर्भशय्यायामपि भूसुराः । चक्रतीर्थे शिवे स्नानं पुण्यपापविनाशनम्

Transliteration

devīpure tathā darbhaśayyāyāmapi bhūsurāḥ | cakratīrthe śive snānaṃ puṇyapāpavināśanam

Translation

Wahai bhūsura (para brāhmaṇa), di Devīpura dan juga di Darbhaśayyā, mandi suci di Cakratīrtha yang diberkati bagi Śiva memusnahkan dosa serta mengurniakan puṇya (pahala kebajikan).

Word by Word

• देवीपुरे: in Devīpura
• देवीपुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देव्याः पुरम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samucchaya/Anukaraṇa (likewise)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• दर्भशय्यायाम्: on a darbha-grass bed
• दर्भशय्यायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दर्भस्य शय्या)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Samuccaya (also)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• भूसुराः: Brahmins (lit. gods on earth)
• भूसुराः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• शिवे: auspicious/sacred
• शिवे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तीर्थे)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic/subject of statement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• पुण्यपापविनाशनम्: destroyer of merit-and-sin (i.e., of sins and merits)
• पुण्यपापविनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः (पुण्यपापयोः विनाशनम्) बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्नानम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; vocative bhūsūrāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Śiva)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūsura (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha pond/shore labeled Cakratīrtha; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims bathe; a small shrine of Śiva nearby; signposts to Devīpura and Darbhaśayyā; darbha grass motifs emphasize the place-name.

Characters & Entities

• Devīpura
• Darbhaśayyā
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a praised tīrtha through bathing is portrayed as a double fruit: removal of sin and increase of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha—associated with Devīpura and Darbhaśayyā in the Setu-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna at the auspicious Cakratīrtha (in the Devīpura/Darbhaśayyā circuit).