Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36
ऋषय ऊचुः । चक्रतीर्थं तु विख्यातं चक्रं दत्तं पुरा हरेः । महेश्वरेण तुष्टेन देवदेवेन शूलिना
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | cakratīrthaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ cakraṃ dattaṃ purā hareḥ | maheśvareṇa tuṣṭena devadevena śūlinā
رشیوں نے کہا: “یہ مشہور چکر تیرتھ ہے۔ قدیم زمانے میں، خوشنود مہیشور—تِرشول دھاری دیودیو—نے ہری کو چکر عطا کیا تھا۔”
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: The pilgrim woman (unnamed in given excerpt)
Scene: In a sacred riverside grove, Śiva—trident-bearing, radiant—bestows a blazing discus to Hari. Sages witness and later recount the event; the tīrtha is marked by a symbolic chakra imprint or shrine-stone near water.
FAQs
Sacred places embody divine cooperation—Śiva’s grace empowers Viṣṇu, teaching unity of dharma beyond sectarian boundaries.
Cakratīrtha, famed for the tradition that Śiva granted the divine discus to Hari.
No direct prescription here; it provides the tīrtha’s identity and mythic foundation (itihāsa) that supports its māhātmya.