Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे तु यो गच्छेत्प्रसंगेनापि मानवः । कुलैकविंशतियुतः स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्

Transliteration

cakratīrthe tu yo gacchetprasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ | kulaikaviṃśatiyutaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam

Translation

แม้มนุษย์ผู้ไปยังจักรตีรถะเพียงด้วยความบังเอิญ ก็ย่อมบรรลุปรมบท พร้อมด้วยวงศ์สกุลยี่สิบเอ็ดชั่วคนของตน

Word by Word

• चक्र-तीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्र-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषणार्थ (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular; relative pronoun)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should go, 3rd sg.)

• प्रसङ्गेन: by chance/incidentally
• प्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-अर्थे (even)

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• कुल-एक-विंशति-युतः: accompanied by (the merit of) twenty-one generations
• कुल-एक-विंशति-युतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adj./विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine, nominative singular; ‘endowed with’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular; demonstrative pronoun)

• गच्छेत्: would attain/go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should go/attain, 3rd sg.)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, accusative singular)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a coastal tīrtha marked by a cakra emblem; waves and conch-sounds surround a small shrine; subtle ancestral figures (pitṛs) appear behind him, rising toward a radiant Viṣṇu-loka horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Parama Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is so great that even an incidental visit yields liberation-like fruit, extending merit to one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, a sacred spot associated with Dvārakā’s tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is stated; the emphasized act is visiting (darśana/yātrā) to Cakratīrtha, even casually.