Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

विसृज्य भार्यया सार्द्धं स्वं लोकं प्रतिपत्स्यसे । चक्रतीर्थे विना स्नानं न नश्येच्छाप ईदृशः

Transliteration

visṛjya bhāryayā sārddhaṃ svaṃ lokaṃ pratipatsyase | cakratīrthe vinā snānaṃ na naśyecchāpa īdṛśaḥ

Translation

ครั้นกระทำตามนี้พร้อมภรรยาแล้ว ท่านจักกลับคืนสู่โลกของตนเอง; หากมิได้สรงน้ำ ณ จักรตีรถะ คำสาปเช่นนี้ย่อมไม่สิ้นสูญ

Word by Word

• विसृज्य: having left/abandoned
• विसृज्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), विसर्जने (having abandoned/released)

• भार्यया: with (your) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थे

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोकम् इति विशेषण

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रतिपत्स्यसे इत्यस्य कर्म

• प्रतिपत्स्यसे: you will attain/return to
• प्रतिपत्स्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (you will attain/return)

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (at Cakratīrtha)

• विना: without
• विना: Apadana/Abhava (Without/अभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वियोग/अभावार्थक-उपपद (without), द्वितीयान्वयी

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Apadana/Abhava (Object of 'without'/विना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विना इत्यस्य अन्वय

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation)

• नश्येत्: would perish/be destroyed
• नश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (would perish)

• शापः: the curse
• शापः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता (subject of नश्येत्)

• ईदृशः: such (of this kind)
• ईदृशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शापः इति विशेषण

Speaker

Brahmā (Caturānana) speaking (deduced).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vidhūma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After completing the prescribed bath, the couple stands purified; a luminous path or celestial chariot motif suggests return to one’s own world; the text’s insistence on Cakratīrtha is visually emphasized by a marked ghat.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some karmic bonds require specific sacred remedies: the text elevates Cakratīrtha as uniquely efficacious for expiation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha is explicitly declared indispensable for removing this particular curse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mandatory snāna at Cakratīrtha as the non-negotiable means of śāpa-nāśa (curse-destruction).