Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

क्रीडंति चक्रतीर्थे वै तीर्थैश्च शतकोटिभिः । पश्यंति च मुहुः कृष्णं पश्चिमाभिमुखं सदा

Transliteration

krīḍaṃti cakratīrthe vai tīrthaiśca śatakoṭibhiḥ | paśyaṃti ca muhuḥ kṛṣṇaṃ paścimābhimukhaṃ sadā

Translation

Quả thật, tại Cakratīrtha họ vui đùa trong niềm hỷ lạc thiêng liêng, cùng với hàng chục triệu bến thánh. Và hết lần này đến lần khác, họ chiêm ngưỡng đức Kṛṣṇa, luôn hướng mặt về phương Tây.

Word by Word

• क्रीडन्ति: they sport/play
• क्रीडन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तीर्थैः: with sacred fords
• तीर्थैः: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• शतकोटिभिः: with a hundred crores (of [tīrthas])
• शतकोटिभिः: Karana (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं कोटयः = a hundred crores)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• मुहुः: again and again, repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of frequency)

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्चिमाभिमुखम्: facing west
• पश्चिमाभिमुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम + अभिमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पश्चिमं अभिमुखः = west-facing)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the sea-edge Cakratīrtha, countless tīrthas personified gather like radiant beings; devotees and sages witness Kṛṣṇa repeatedly, standing or appearing with a westward gaze, the ocean behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are living presences: the tīrtha is portrayed as a space of divine encounter where devotees repeatedly ‘see’ the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, a sacred ford associated with Dvārakā and Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on sacred presence, pilgrimage merit, and darśana (beholding Kṛṣṇa).