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

大女神啊，在轮圣渡（Cakra-tīrtha）之中，具足八阿由多（八万）诸圣渡，亦复具足八俱胝（八亿）；对此毫无疑惑。

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.