Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
अनुग्रहाय भवतां यत्र चक्रं सुदर्शनम् । निःसृतं प्रथमं विप्रा जलं भित्त्वा ममाग्रतः
anugrahāya bhavatāṃ yatra cakraṃ sudarśanam | niḥsṛtaṃ prathamaṃ viprā jalaṃ bhittvā mamāgrataḥ
اے برہمنو! تم پر انُگ्रह کے لیے یہی وہ جگہ ہے جہاں سُدرشن چکر پہلی بار ظاہر ہوا—میرے سامنے پانی کو چیرتا ہوا نکل آیا۔
Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Cakratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Sages/brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhas) within the narrated scene; broader audience implied
Scene: Before Hari at the ocean’s edge, the Sudarśana Cakra bursts upward from the waters, splitting the surface; brāhmaṇas witness the radiant disc emerging like a sun from the sea.
FAQs
Sacred places are sanctified by divine acts; remembering such origins strengthens faith and tīrtha-reverence.
A Dvārakā-associated tīrtha identified by the miracle of Sudarśana Cakra’s first emergence through its waters.
None explicitly; it provides an origin-myth (utpatti) establishing the tīrtha’s exceptional sanctity.