Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एतद्वै चक्रतीर्थं च यच्छिला चक्र चिह्निता । मुक्तिदा पापिनां लोके म्लेच्छदेशेऽपि पूजिता

Transliteration

etadvai cakratīrthaṃ ca yacchilā cakra cihnitā | muktidā pāpināṃ loke mlecchadeśe'pi pūjitā

Translation

یہی یقیناً چکر تیرتھ ہے، جس کے پتھر پر سُدرشن چکر کا نشان کندہ ہے۔ یہ اس دنیا میں گنہگاروں کو بھی مکتی عطا کرتا ہے، اور مِلچھ دیشوں میں بھی پوجا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• cakra-tīrtham: the Cakra-tīrtha
• cakra-tīrtham: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• śilā: stone
• śilā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• cakra: a discus (wheel)
• cakra: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object of cihnitā)

• cihnitā: marked (with)
• cihnitā: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cihnita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √cihn/cih ‘to mark’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• mukti-dā: giver of liberation
• mukti-dā: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dā ‘to give’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• pāpinām: of sinners
• pāpinām: Sampradana (Beneficiary; genitive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikara (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mleccha-deśe: in a mleccha-land
• mleccha-deśe: Adhikara (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mleccha (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (म्लेच्छानां देशः)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even)

• pūjitā: worshipped
• pūjitā: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pūj ‘to honor’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Devas (continuing praise within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (Dvārakā)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred ford at Dvārakā where a stone bears a clear discus (cakra) imprint; pilgrims bow and offer flowers, lamps, and water, emphasizing the stone as a visible sign of Viṣṇu’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra-tīrtha
• Cakra-cihna (discus mark)
• Śilā (sacred stone)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace can lift even the fallen; sincere reverence at a divinely marked place is portrayed as mokṣa-giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakra-tīrtha at Dvārakā, associated with a cakra-marked sacred stone (śilā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the cakra-cihnitā śilā at Cakra-tīrtha is implied as the devotional practice.