Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि तत्रानीय स्वयं हरिः । तीर्थे प्रकल्पयामास शुद्धिं कृत्वा सुदर्शने । तीर्थस्य चक्रे नामापि चकतीर्थमिति श्रुतम्

Transliteration

aṣṭakoṭisutīrthāni tatrānīya svayaṃ hariḥ | tīrthe prakalpayāmāsa śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sudarśane | tīrthasya cakre nāmāpi cakatīrthamiti śrutam

Translation

ਹਰੀ ਨੇ ਆਪ ਉੱਥੇ ਅੱਠ ਕਰੋੜ ਉੱਤਮ ਤੀਰਥ ਲਿਆ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਸਥਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਕੀਤੇ। ਸੁਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਕਰਕੇ, ਉਸ ਤੀਰਥ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਮ ਵੀ ਦਿੱਤਾ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ‘ਚਕ੍ਰ-ਤੀਰਥ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

• अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि: eight-crore excellent sacred fords
• अष्टकोटिसुतीर्थानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + कोटि + सु + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभावः: अष्टकोटीनां सुतीर्थानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आनीय: having brought
• आनीय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Agent-qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय (reflexive/emphatic adverb)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकल्पयामास: established, arranged
• प्रकल्पयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage (to arrange/establish)

• शुद्धिम्: purification
• शुद्धिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• सुदर्शने: in/for Sudarśana (the discus)
• सुदर्शने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं दर्शनं यस्य/सु-दर्शनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); अधिकरणम् (in/with respect to Sudarśana-cakra)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रे: made, assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• नाम: a name
• नाम: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• चक्रतीर्थम्: Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karman/Predicate-nominative (Name/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st) / द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd) एकवचन; अत्र इति-शब्देन नामरूपेण (as the name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• श्रुतम्: is heard/known (as)
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (it is heard/known)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

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.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Sudarśana
• Cakratīrtha
• Aṣṭakoṭi-tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is intensified by divine consecration: a single tīrtha can embody the merit of countless pilgrimage sites when sanctified by the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a confluence of innumerable tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā: visiting and bathing at a tīrtha that embodies many tīrthas; the verse itself narrates consecration rather than prescribing a rite.