Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

गोमत्यां चक्रतीर्थे च भगवांश्च त्रिविक्रमः । तेन तन्मुक्तिदं मत्वा दुर्वासास्तत्र संस्थितः

Transliteration

gomatyāṃ cakratīrthe ca bhagavāṃśca trivikramaḥ | tena tanmuktidaṃ matvā durvāsāstatra saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

گومتی کے کنارے، چکر تیرتھ میں، بھگوان تری وِکرم حاضر ہیں۔ اسی لیے اسے مُکتی دینے والا تیرتھ جان کر دُروَاسا وہیں مقیم ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• गोमत्याम्: in (the river) Gomati
• गोमत्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; चक्र + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

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

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

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

• त्रिविक्रमः: Trivikrama
• त्रिविक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तेन: by that; therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (muktidam इति)

• मुक्तिदम्: granting liberation
• मुक्तिदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्तिद (प्रातिपदिक; मुक्ति + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• मत्वा: having considered
• मत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having thought/considered’

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā (sage)
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संस्थितः: remained/was stationed
• संस्थितः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Skanda in the Dvārakā-māhātmya flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–Cakratīrtha

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gomati’s clear waters at Cakratīrtha; Trivikrama’s presence is felt/seen—either as a standing Viṣṇu or as a symbolic cakra-marked tīrtha; Durvāsā chooses to reside nearby, affirming mokṣa potency.

Characters & Entities

• Gomatī (river)
• Cakratīrtha
• Trivikrama
• Viṣṇu
• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where the Lord is worshipped as present, the place becomes a mokṣa-bestowing tīrtha for sincere seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha on the river Gomati in the Dvārakā sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed ritual here; it establishes the tīrtha’s identity and salvific merit.