Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

मुक्तं चक्रं विनाशाय हरिणा लोकधारिणा । द्विदलं दानवं कृत्वा पपात विमले जले

Transliteration

muktaṃ cakraṃ vināśāya hariṇā lokadhāriṇā | dvidalaṃ dānavaṃ kṛtvā papāta vimale jale

Translation

จักรที่พระหริ ผู้ทรงค้ำจุนโลกทั้งหลาย ทรงปล่อยเพื่อทำลาย ได้ผ่าดานวะออกเป็นสองส่วน แล้วเขาก็ตกลงสู่สายน้ำอันบริสุทธิ์

Word by Word

• मुक्तम्: released
• मुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; चक्रस्य विशेषण

• चक्रम्: discus
• चक्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• विनाशाय: for destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose)

• हरिणा: by Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• लोकधारिणा: the sustainer of the worlds
• लोकधारिणा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka + dhārin (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘लोकान् धारयति’/‘लोकस्य धारकः’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हरिणः विशेषण

• द्विदलम्: two-parted
• द्विदलम्: Visheshana (Result qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi + dala (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (‘द्वे दले यस्य/द्विदलम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; दानवस्य विशेषण/परिणाम

• दानवम्: the demon
• दानवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, ‘having made’

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विमले: pure/clear
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; जले विशेषण

• जले: in the water
• जले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (implied by ensuing verse)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari releases the Sudarśana-cakra; it cleaves a Dānava into two, and the severed body falls into clear, gleaming water, creating a charged sacred moment at the riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Cakra (Sudarśana implied)
• Dānava
• Pure waters (vimala jala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord as Lokadhārin protects cosmic order; impurity and obstruction are cut down, and the scene ends in imagery of cleansing waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mention of “pure waters” resonates with Revā-khaṇḍa’s river-sacrality (Narmadā/Revā), though no single named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it narrates the destruction of the obstructing Dānava and a concluding purification motif (vimala jala).