Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
चत्वारि चक्रतीर्थानि शेषाण्यष्टादशैव हि । विष्णुनाधिष्ठितान्येव प्राह पूर्वं मृकण्डजः
catvāri cakratīrthāni śeṣāṇyaṣṭādaśaiva hi | viṣṇunādhiṣṭhitānyeva prāha pūrvaṃ mṛkaṇḍajaḥ
มีจักรตีรถะสี่แห่ง ส่วนที่เหลือแท้จริงมีสิบแปด ทั้งหมดอยู่ภายใต้การอภิบาลของพระวิษณุ—ดังที่มฤกัณฑชะ (มารกัณฑेय) เคยกล่าวไว้ก่อนแล้ว
Sūta (reporting Mārkaṇḍeya’s prior statement)
Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha-s (4) within the Vaiṣṇava set; remaining Vaiṣṇava tīrthas (18)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dwijas / audience of the discourse
Scene: The sage, citing Mārkaṇḍeya, distinguishes four Cakra-tīrthas and eighteen others, all under Viṣṇu’s presiding presence; imagery centers on Sudarśana hovering above sacred waters and shrines.
FAQs
Pilgrimage sites are not merely geographic—they are ‘adhiṣṭhita’ (ensouled/presided over) by the deity, making devotion the core of tīrtha power.
The verse highlights the category of Cakra-tīrthas and Viṣṇu-presided tīrthas in general, without naming individual locations.
No direct prescription; the emphasis is on authoritative tradition (Mārkaṇḍeya’s prior enumeration).