Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
चत्वारि चक्रतीर्थानि शेषाण्यष्टादशैव हि । विष्णुनाधिष्ठितान्येव प्राह पूर्वं मृकण्डजः
catvāri cakratīrthāni śeṣāṇyaṣṭādaśaiva hi | viṣṇunādhiṣṭhitānyeva prāha pūrvaṃ mṛkaṇḍajaḥ
چار چکر تیرتھ ہیں، اور باقی یقیناً اٹھارہ ہیں۔ یہ سب وشنو کے زیرِ سرپرستی ہیں—یوں پہلے مِرکنڈج (مارکنڈیہ) نے فرمایا تھا۔
Sūta (reporting Mārkaṇḍeya’s prior statement)
Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha-s (4) within the Vaiṣṇava set; remaining Vaiṣṇava tīrthas (18)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dwijas / audience of the discourse
Scene: The sage, citing Mārkaṇḍeya, distinguishes four Cakra-tīrthas and eighteen others, all under Viṣṇu’s presiding presence; imagery centers on Sudarśana hovering above sacred waters and shrines.
FAQs
Pilgrimage sites are not merely geographic—they are ‘adhiṣṭhita’ (ensouled/presided over) by the deity, making devotion the core of tīrtha power.
The verse highlights the category of Cakra-tīrthas and Viṣṇu-presided tīrthas in general, without naming individual locations.
No direct prescription; the emphasis is on authoritative tradition (Mārkaṇḍeya’s prior enumeration).