Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

चक्रं प्रक्षालितं पूर्वं कृष्णेन स्वयमेव हि । तेनैव चक्रतीर्थं हि ख्यातं लोकत्रये द्विजाः

Transliteration

cakraṃ prakṣālitaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇena svayameva hi | tenaiva cakratīrthaṃ hi khyātaṃ lokatraye dvijāḥ

Translation

โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย กาลก่อนพระกฤษณะทรงชำระจักรของพระองค์ด้วยพระองค์เอง ณ ที่นั้น; เพราะเหตุนั้นจึงเลื่องลือว่าเป็น ‘จักรตีรถะ’ ไปทั่วสามโลก

Word by Word

• चक्रम्: the discus
• चक्रम्: Karma (Object becoming subject in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मणि प्रयोगे प्रथमा (subject of passive)

• प्रक्षालितम्: was washed
• प्रक्षालितम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: formerly)

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha/Emphasis (modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपातः (restrictive particle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपातः

• चक्रतीर्थम्: the Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘चक्रस्य तीर्थम्’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• ख्यातम्: became renowned
• ख्यातम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकत्रये: in the three worlds
• लोकत्रये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘त्रयः लोकाः’

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयुक्तम् (vocative sense)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (twice-born listeners addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa stands by the sea/river-mouth washing the radiant Sudarśana-cakra; brāhmaṇas look on as the place becomes known as Cakratīrtha across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Cakra (Sudharśana)
• Cakratīrtha
• Loka-traya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A place becomes a universal tīrtha when sanctified by the direct presence and act of Bhagavān.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in the Dvārakā sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; the verse provides the tīrtha’s sacred origin (māhātmya).