Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे तीर्थवरे विशेषाद्द्विजसत्तमाः । रत्नदानं प्रकुर्वीत प्रीणनार्थं जगत्पतेः

Transliteration

cakratīrthe tīrthavare viśeṣāddvijasattamāḥ | ratnadānaṃ prakurvīta prīṇanārthaṃ jagatpateḥ

Translation

ਚਕ੍ਰ-ਤੀਰਥ, ਜੋ ਤੀਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਹੈ, ਉੱਥੇ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ, ਹੇ ਦ੍ਵਿਜਸੱਤਮੋ, ਜਗਤਪਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਰਤਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਦਾਨ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

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

• तीर्थवरे: in the excellent tīrtha
• तीर्थवरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थवर (प्रातिपदिक; तीर्थ + वर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः; तसिल्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb) = ‘especially/particularly’

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे/आह्वान (vocative sense though nominative form)

• रत्नदानम्: gift of jewels
• रत्नदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नदान (प्रातिपदिक; रत्न + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• प्रकुर्वीत: should perform
• प्रकुर्वीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विध्यर्थः (should do)

• प्रीणनार्थम्: for the purpose of pleasing
• प्रीणनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीणनार्थ (प्रातिपदिक; प्रीणन + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्थ-शब्दः पुं), द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• जगत्पतेः: of the Lord of the world
• जगत्पतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्पति (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-sattamāḥ (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the tīrtha-ghāṭa, a devotee presents a casket of jewels to priests/temple service as an offering to Jagatpati; the water glints like a chakra, and the atmosphere is ceremonially luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Jagatpati (Lord of the universe)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At powerful holy places, devotion is intensified through dāna offered to please the Supreme Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, praised as a foremost tīrtha in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ratna-dāna (gifting jewels) particularly at Cakratīrtha as an act of devotion.