Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अष्टायुतानि तीर्थानामष्टौ कोट्यस्तथैव च । तत्र संति महादेवि चक्रतीर्थे न संशयः

Transliteration

aṣṭāyutāni tīrthānāmaṣṭau koṭyastathaiva ca | tatra saṃti mahādevi cakratīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

اے مہادیوی! چکر تیرتھ میں تیرتھوں کے آٹھ اَیوت اور اسی طرح آٹھ کروڑ بھی موجود ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• अष्टायुतानि: eight ten-thousands (80,000)
• अष्टायुतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (अष्ट अयुतानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred fords
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta (Subject-part/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifying कोट्यः)

• कोट्यः: crores
• कोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सन्ति: are, exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महती देवी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• चक्रतीर्थे: at Cakratīrtha
• चक्रतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (चक्रस्य तीर्थम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (also described as containing Koṭitīrtha etc.)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous tīrtha-pool/ford labeled Cakratīrtha, with subtle iconographic ‘presence’ of countless tīrthas as miniature river-goddesses and sages hovering in the air; Devī addressed by a narrator, with a sanctified shoreline and distant Somnath-like śikhara silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Cakratīrtha
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is magnified by divine concentration of sanctity—Cakratīrtha is praised as containing the merit-presence of vast numbers of sacred sites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it asserts the tīrtha’s extraordinary sacred density, supporting later prescriptions such as bathing and worship.