Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सुरैरपि प्रपूज्यंते यत्रांगानि शरीरिणाम् । अंकितानि च चक्रेण षण्मासान्नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

surairapi prapūjyaṃte yatrāṃgāni śarīriṇām | aṃkitāni ca cakreṇa ṣaṇmāsānnātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น แม้เหล่าเทพก็ยังบูชาอวัยวะของสัตว์ผู้มีร่างกายด้วยความเคารพยิ่ง—อวัยวะที่ภายในหกเดือนย่อมปรากฏรอยตราแห่งจักร; ข้อนี้หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่

Word by Word

• suraiḥ: by the gods
• suraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; ‘also/even’)

• prapūjyante: are worshipped
• prapūjyante: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘are worshipped’

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• aṅgāni: limbs
• aṅgāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• śarīriṇām: of embodied beings
• śarīriṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• aṅkitāni: marked, inscribed
• aṅkitāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṅk (धातु) → aṅkita (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘aṅgāni’ इति विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• cakreṇa: with the discus (chakra)
• cakreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ṣaṇmāsāt: within/from six months
• ṣaṇmāsāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṇmāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: ṣaṭ + māsa (six months)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• atra: here/in this regard
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here/in this matter)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-tīrtha (Dvāravatī-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Dvārakā’s shore-temple precinct; a devotee’s limbs subtly bear a radiant cakra-imprint while devas hover in reverent attendance; the sea glitters behind.

Characters & Entities

• Sura (Devas)
• Cakra (Viṣṇu’s Disc)
• Cakra Tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine symbols manifesting in nature are treated as signs of sanctity; reverence for them is portrayed as reverence for the Lord’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rathāṅga/Cakrākhya tīrtha by the great ocean in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights veneration (pūjā) of the cakra-marked manifestations associated with the tīrtha; it implies devotional honoring rather than a detailed rite.