Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मनुष्यैश्च तथान्यैश्च विकलांगस्य पूर्तये । सेवनीयमिदं तीर्थं सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

manuṣyaiśca tathānyaiśca vikalāṃgasya pūrtaye | sevanīyamidaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakam

Translation

ทั้งมนุษย์และสรรพสัตว์อื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ความพิการแห่งอวัยวะได้สมบูรณ์ พึงเข้าถึงทีรถะนี้—เพราะเป็นผู้ประทานสิ่งปรารถนาทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• मनुष्यैः: by/with people
• मनुष्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सहकारक

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

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

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• विकलांगस्य: of the disabled person
• विकलांगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकल + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘विकलम् अङ्गम् यस्य’ (elliptic) → ‘of the one with defective limbs’

• पूर्तये: for restoration/completion
• पूर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी

• सेवनीयम्: to be resorted to
• सेवनीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवनीय (कृदन्त; √सेव् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (gerundive)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshya (Qualifier target/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; निर्देश्य

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय/कर्म

• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकम्: granting all desired boons
• सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अभीष्ट + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वाणि अभीष्टानि प्रददाति’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ / tīrtha-śrotāraḥ (audience of the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The tīrtha appears as a radiant pool with a spinning-discus light on its surface; devotees emerge from bathing with renewed limbs and upright posture, while attendants look on in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as instruments of divine compassion—granting both worldly aims and bodily restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, described as “sarvābhīṣṭa-pradāyakam” (giver of all desired boons).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To frequent/resort to the tīrtha (sevanīyam), especially for vikalāṅga-pūrti (restoration of impaired limbs).