Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

चक्रं प्रक्षालितं यत्र कृष्णेन स्वयमेव हि । तेन वै चक्रतीर्थं हि पुण्यं च परमं हरेः । भवंति तत्र पाषाणाश्चक्रांका मुक्तिदायकाः

Transliteration

cakraṃ prakṣālitaṃ yatra kṛṣṇena svayameva hi | tena vai cakratīrthaṃ hi puṇyaṃ ca paramaṃ hareḥ | bhavaṃti tatra pāṣāṇāścakrāṃkā muktidāyakāḥ

Translation

Nơi Kṛṣṇa tự tay rửa chiếc đĩa thần (cakra), vì thế chốn ấy thật được gọi là Cakratīrtha—thánh địa tối thượng của Hari. Tại đó hiện ra những tảng đá mang dấu ấn cakra, ban cho giải thoát (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• cakram: discus; wheel
• cakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• prakṣālitam: washed; cleansed
• prakṣālitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√kṣāl (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (cakram इति)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक/देशवाचक (relative adverb: 'where')

• kṛṣṇena: by Krishna
• kṛṣṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb)

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/अवधारण)

• hi: for; indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतौ/निश्चये—particle)

• tena: by that; therefore
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक particle)

• cakratīrtham: the Cakra-tirtha (pilgrimage ford of the discus)
• cakratīrtham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (cakrasya tīrtham), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• puṇyam: holy; meritorious
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (cakratīrtham इति)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय—conjunction)

• paramam: supreme; highest
• paramam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (cakratīrtham इति)

• hareḥ: of Hari (Vishnu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• bhavanti: are; become; exist
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'there')

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

• cakrāṃkāḥ: bearing the mark of a discus
• cakrāṃkāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (cakrasya aṅkaḥ—'marked with a discus'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pāṣāṇāḥ इति)

• muktidāyakāḥ: granting liberation
• muktidāyakāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष (muktyai dāyakaḥ—'giver of liberation'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (pāṣāṇāḥ इति)

Speaker

Prahlāda (continued context from preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa at the tīrtha’s edge washes the Sudarśana-cakra; the water glows. Nearby, stones emerge bearing clear cakra-imprints, and devotees behold them as mokṣa-giving signs.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Hari
• Cakratīrtha
• Cakra (Sudarśana)
• Cakrāṅkita pāṣāṇa (disc-marked stones)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent through the divine presence and act of the Lord, and even its natural signs become vehicles of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha at Dvārakā, sanctified by Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veneration of Cakratīrtha and reverence for cakra-marked stones found there, associated with liberation.