Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

चक्रतीर्थे तु यो गच्छेत्प्रसंगेनापि मानवः । कुलैकविंशतियुतः स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्

Transliteration

cakratīrthe tu yo gacchetprasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ | kulaikaviṃśatiyutaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam

Translation

Dẫu chỉ tình cờ, người nào đến Cakratīrtha cũng sẽ đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng, cùng với hai mươi mốt đời trong dòng tộc của mình.

Word by Word

• चक्र-तीर्थे: at Cakra-tīrtha
• चक्र-तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, locative singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषणार्थ (but/indeed)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular; relative pronoun)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should go, 3rd sg.)

• प्रसङ्गेन: by chance/incidentally
• प्रसङ्गेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-अर्थे (even)

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• कुल-एक-विंशति-युतः: accompanied by (the merit of) twenty-one generations
• कुल-एक-विंशति-युतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adj./विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masculine, nominative singular; ‘endowed with’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular; demonstrative pronoun)

• गच्छेत्: would attain/go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should go/attain, 3rd sg.)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, accusative singular)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a coastal tīrtha marked by a cakra emblem; waves and conch-sounds surround a small shrine; subtle ancestral figures (pitṛs) appear behind him, rising toward a radiant Viṣṇu-loka horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Parama Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is so great that even an incidental visit yields liberation-like fruit, extending merit to one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha, a sacred spot associated with Dvārakā’s tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No detailed rite is stated; the emphasized act is visiting (darśana/yātrā) to Cakratīrtha, even casually.