Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

देवीपुरं तु तत्रैव यदन्तं चक्रतीर्थकम् । देवीपत्तनमित्याख्या यथा तस्य समागता

Transliteration

devīpuraṃ tu tatraiva yadantaṃ cakratīrthakam | devīpattanamityākhyā yathā tasya samāgatā

Translation

అక్కడే దేవీపురము ఉంది—చక్రతీర్థము ముగియు స్థలం. అది ‘దేవీపట్టణం’ అనే పేరును ఎలా పొందిందో నేను వివరిస్తాను.

Word by Word

• देवीपुरम्: Devīpura (city of the Goddess)
• देवीपुरम्: Karma/Pratipādya (Appositional item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः—देव्याः पुरम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

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

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अन्तम्: end, boundary
• अन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रतीर्थकम्: Cakratīrthaka (a sacred ford)
• चक्रतीर्थकम्: Apposition/Name
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः—चक्रस्य तीर्थकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• देवीपत्तनम्: Devīpattana
• देवीपत्तनम्: Pratipādya (That which is named)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी + पत्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः—देव्याः पत्तनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश-अव्यय (quotative)

• आख्या: the name/appellation
• आख्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Relation (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, in the manner that)

• तस्य: of it/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• समागता: has come/has arisen (as a name)
• समागता: Kriya/State (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गाः—सम्, आ

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (endpoint at Devīpattana)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni-puṅgavas (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred town with a Devī shrine; a tīrtha boundary where Cakratīrtha ‘ends’; pilgrims at the shore, flags, small temple structures, and a sense of ‘threshold’ geography.

Characters & Entities

• Devīpura
• Devīpattana
• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas are remembered through names and boundaries—knowing the ‘endpoints’ preserves pilgrimage tradition and its sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devīpura/Devīpattana as the terminus of Cakratīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces an explanatory narrative about the site’s name and significance.