Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं चक्रतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं सर्वपापघ्नं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ cakratīrthasamudbhavam | māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

ดังนี้ได้กล่าวโดยย่อถึงเรื่องการอุบัติขึ้นของจักรตีรถะ; มหาตมยะของมันทำลายบาปทั้งปวง และประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาอันควรทุกประการ

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/इत्यर्थकः)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपतः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• चक्रतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: arising from Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: चक्रतीर्थस्य समुद्भवम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• माहात्म्यम्: the sacred greatness, eulogy
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• सर्वपापघ्नम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापघ्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: सर्वाणि पापानि हन्ति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: bestowing the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: सर्वेषां कामानां फलानि प्रददाति इति); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator concludes the origin story of Cakratīrtha; the tīrtha appears as a radiant water-body with a subtle discus-emblem, symbolizing sin-destruction and wish-fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and honoring a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act that promises purification and auspicious fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse concludes the praise by summarizing the tīrtha’s spiritual results.