Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

भवंति यत्र पाषाणाश्चक्रांका मुक्तिदायकाः । यैः पूजितैर्जगन्नाथः कृष्णः सांनिध्यमाव्रजेत्

Transliteration

bhavaṃti yatra pāṣāṇāścakrāṃkā muktidāyakāḥ | yaiḥ pūjitairjagannāthaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sāṃnidhyamāvrajet

Translation

وہاں چکر کے نشان والے پتھر پائے جاتے ہیں جو موکش دینے والے ہیں؛ جن کی پوجا سے جگن ناتھ کرشن اپنی مقدس حضوری عطا فرماتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• bhavanti: exist/are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सम्बन्धबोधक-स्थानवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• pāṣāṇāḥ: stones
• pāṣāṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचनम्

• cakrāṃkāḥ: disc-marked
• cakrāṃkāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakra + aṅka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (cakrasya aṅkaḥ: marked with a discus)

• muktidāyakāḥ: liberation-giving
• muktidāyakāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mukteḥ dāyakaḥ: giver of liberation)

• yaiḥ: by which
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun: by which/with which)

• pūjitaiḥ: having been worshipped (by them)
• pūjitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘यैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• jagannāthaḥ: Lord of the world
• jagannāthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat + nātha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jagataḥ nāthaḥ: Lord of the world)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; जगन्नाथस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• sāṃnidhyam: presence/nearby presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचनम्

• āvrajet: would come/attain
• āvrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + vraj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (cakrāṅkita-śilā-prāpti)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a sacred shore, devotees discover dark stones imprinted with a discus-mark; they bathe them, place them on a small altar with tulasī and lamps, and Kṛṣṇa’s presence is felt as a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra-marked stones (cakrāṅka pāṣāṇa)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Jagannātha
• Mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material tokens of a tīrtha, when revered with devotion, mediate divine presence and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha and its sacred cakra-marked stones in the Dvārakā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the cakra-marked stones (pāṣāṇas) associated with the tīrtha.