Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

खंजैः पंगुभिरप्येतदंगहीनैस्तथापरैः । संछिन्नपाणिचरणैः संछिन्नान्यांगसंचयैः

Transliteration

khaṃjaiḥ paṃgubhirapyetadaṃgahīnaistathāparaiḥ | saṃchinnapāṇicaraṇaiḥ saṃchinnānyāṃgasaṃcayaiḥ

Translation

แม้ผู้ขาเป๋ ผู้เป็นอัมพาต และผู้อื่นที่ขาดอวัยวะ; ผู้ที่มือหรือเท้าถูกตัดขาด และผู้ที่อวัยวะอื่น ๆ ถูกทำลายพิการ—

Word by Word

• खंजैः: by/with the lame
• खंजैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहकारक

• पंगुभिः: by/with the crippled
• पंगुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहकारक

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश्य (demonstrative)

• अंगहीनैः: by/with those lacking limbs
• अंगहीनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (अङ्गैः हीनः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/likewise’)

• अपरैः: by/with others
• अपरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहकारक

• संछिन्नपाणिचरणैः: by/with those whose hands and feet are severed
• संछिन्नपाणिचरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संछिन्न (कृदन्त; √छिद् धातु) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक) + चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समास: (संछिन्नौ पाणी च चरणौ च) इति द्वन्द्व-आश्रितं तत्पुरुषप्राय प्रयोगः; अर्थतः ‘whose hands and feet are cut off’

• संछिन्नान्यांगसंचयैः: by/with those with other limbs severed
• संछिन्नान्यांगसंचयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संछिन्न (कृदन्त; √छिद्) + अन्य + अङ्ग + संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘other collections of limbs severed’ (i.e., other limbs severed)

Speaker

Narrator of the Setukhaṇḍa (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience; explicitly brāhmaṇas in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, compassionate depiction of pilgrims with crutches and attendants carrying those without limbs toward steps descending into a sacred pool; the water is depicted as luminous and restorative, with a subtle cakra pattern rippling outward.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is universal—its grace is portrayed as capable of restoring even severe bodily loss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continued encouragement to resort to the tīrtha (sevanīya), implying pilgrimage and snāna for aṅga-pūrti.