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# Skandapurana 2.1.23

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.1)

.. atha cakratīrthamāhātmyam ..

> Now begins the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.3)

athāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dvijendrāḥ satyavādinaḥ..

> Now I shall tell you, O truthful lords among brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.4)

cakratīrthasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ..1..

> the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.5)

ye śṛṇvanti mahāpuṇyaṃ cakratīrthasya vaibhavam ..

> Those who hear the most sacred glory of Cakratīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.6)

te yāṃti viṣṇubhavanaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam ..2..

> they go to the abode of Viṣṇu, from which there is no return.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.7)

annadāne ca vimukhā jaladāne tathaiva ca ..

> Even those averse to the gift of food, and likewise to the gift of water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.8)

godānavimukhā ye ca śuddhāste'tra nimajjanāt ..3..

> and those averse to the gift of cows, become purified by immersion here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.9)

tasmātpuṇyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ cakratīrthamanuttamam.. 4 .. ..

> Therefore, Cakratīrtha is the most sacred ford, none superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.10)

atha padmanābhākhyadvijakṛtatapaḥprakāraḥ ..

> Now, the manner of austerity performed by the brahmin named Padmanābha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.11)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.12)

purā śrīvatsagotrīyaḥ padmanābho jitendriyaḥ ..

> Formerly, Padmanābha of the Śrīvatsa lineage, who had conquered his senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.13)

cakrapuṣkariṇītīre so'tapyata mahattapaḥ .. 5 ..

> performed great austerity on the bank of the Cakra pond.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.14)

dayāyukto nirāhāraḥ satyavādī jitendriyaḥ ..

> Endowed with compassion, taking no food, speaking the truth, with his senses controlled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.15)

ātmavatsarvabhūtāni paśyanviṣayaniḥspṛhaḥ .. 6 ..

> beholding all living beings as himself, free from desire for sensory objects,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.16)

sarvabhūtahito dāntaḥ sarvadvandvavivarjitaḥ ..

> dedicated to the welfare of all beings, self-restrained, and completely free from all pairs of opposites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.17)

varṣāṇi katicitso'yaṃ jīrṇaparṇāśano'bhavat .. 7 ..

> For some years he subsisted on withered leaves;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.18)

kañcitkālaṃ jalāhāro vāyubhakṣaḥ kiyatsamāḥ ..

> for some time he lived on water alone, and for several years he consumed only air.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.19)

evaṃ dvādaśa varṣāṇi padmanābho mahāmuniḥ .. 8 ..

> In this way, for twelve years, the great sage Padmanābha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.20)

.. atha cakratīrthe padmanābhākhyadvijakṛtatapastuṣṭabhagavadāvirbhāvaḥ .. ..

> Now, the manifestation of the Lord, pleased by the austerity performed at Cakra tīrtha by the twice-born named Padmanābha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.21)

atapyata tapo ghoraṃ devairapi suduṣkaram..

> performed severe austerity, exceedingly difficult even for the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.22)

atha tattapasā tuṣṭo bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ .. 9 ..

> Then, pleased by his austerity, the Lord, the consort of Kamalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.23)

pratyakṣatāmagāttasya śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ ..

> bearing the conch, discus, and mace, appeared visibly before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.24)

vikacāmbujapatrākṣaḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ .. 2.1.23.10 ..

> with eyes like the petals of a blooming lotus, shining with a radiance equal to ten million suns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.25)

unmīlya cakṣuṣī tatra dṛṣṭavānveṃkaṭeśvaram ..

> Opening his eyes, he saw there Veṅkaṭeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.26)

śaṃkhacakradharaṃ śāṃtaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ kṛpānidhim ..

> tranquil, holding the conch and discus, Śrīnivāsa, a treasure of compassion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.27)

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ mahātmānaṃ stotuṃ samupacakrame .. 11 ..

> Seeing the exalted god, he began to praise him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.28)

.. atha padmanābhākhyadvijakṛtaśrīnivāsastutiḥ .. ..

> Now, the praise of Śrīnivāsa offered by the twice-born named Padmanābha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.29)

namo devādhidevāya veṃkaṭeśāya śārṅgiṇe ..

> Obeisance to the supreme God of gods, to Veṅkaṭeśa who wields the bow Śārṅga!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.30)

nārāyaṇādrivāsāya śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 12 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, who dwell upon the mountain of Nārāyaṇa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.31)

namaḥ kalmaṣanāśāya vāsudevāya viṣṇave ..

> Obeisance to Viṣṇu, to Vāsudeva, the destroyer of sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.32)

śeṣācalanivāsāya śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 13 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, who dwell upon Śeṣācala!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.33)

namastrailokyanāthāya viśvarūpāya sākṣiṇe ..

> Obeisance to the Lord of the three worlds, the universal-formed witness!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.34)

śivabrahmādivaṃdyāya śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 14 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, who are praised by Śiva, Brahmā, and the other gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.35)

namaḥ kamalanetrāya kṣīrābdhiśayanāya te ..

> Obeisance to you, the lotus-eyed, who recline upon the ocean of milk!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.36)

duṣṭarākṣasasaṃhartre śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 15 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, the destroyer of wicked rākṣasas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.37)

bhaktapriyāya devāya devānāṃ pataye namaḥ .. 16 ..

> Obeisance to the god who loves his devotees, to the Lord of gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.38)

praṇatārtivināśāya śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 17 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, the destroyer of the distress of those who bow!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.39)

yogināṃ pataye nityaṃ vedavedyāya viṣṇave ..

> Obeisance always to Viṣṇu, the master of yogins, knowable through the Vedas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.40)

bhaktānāṃ pāpasaṃhartre śrīnivāsāya te namaḥ .. 18 ..

> Obeisance to you, Śrīnivāsa, the destroyer of the sins of your devotees!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.41)

evaṃ stuto mahābhāgaḥ śrīnivāso jaganmayaḥ ..

> Thus praised, the illustrious Śrīnivāsa, who comprises the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.42)

padmanābhākhyaṛṣiṇā cakratīrthanivāsinā .. 19 ..

> by the seer named Padmanābha dwelling at Cakra tīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.43)

.. atha padmanābhasya cakratīrthe niraṃtaravāsāya bhagavanniyamanam .. ..

> Now, the Lord's command to Padmanābha to dwell constantly at Cakra tīrtha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.44)

saṃtoṣaṃ paramaṃ prāpya veṃkaṭeśo dayānidhiḥ .. 2.1.23.20 ..

> experiencing supreme satisfaction, Veṅkaṭeśa, the ocean of mercy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.45)

padmanābhaṃ dvijavaraṃ śāṃtaṃ dharmaparāyaṇam ..

> to Padmanābha, the best of the twice-born, tranquil and devoted to righteousness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.46)

sudhādhāropamaṃ vākyamabravītpuruṣottamaḥ .. 21 ..

> spoke words resembling a stream of nectar, Puruṣottama:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.47)

.. śrīnivāsa uvāca .. ..

> Śrīnivāsa said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.48)

dvijavarya mahābhāga matpādakamalārcaka ..

> O best of the twice-born, illustrious one, worshipper of my lotus feet,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.49)

cakratīrthasya tīre tvamākalpaṃ pūjayanvasa .. 22 ..

> dwell on the bank of Cakra tīrtha, worshipping \[me\] until the end of the kalpa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.50)

ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇustatraivāṃtaradhīyata ..

> Having spoken thus, the Lord Viṣṇu disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.51)

antardhānaṃ gate deve śrīnivāse jagadgurau .. 23 ..

> When the god Śrīnivāsa, the teacher of the world, had vanished,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.52)

cakratīrthasya tīre tu vāsaṃ cakre mahāmatiḥ ..

> the noble-minded one took up his abode on the bank of Cakra tīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.53)

tataḥ kālāṃtare kaścidrākṣaso bhīmadarśanaḥ .. 24 ..

> Then, after some time, a terrifying rākṣasa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.54)

muniṃ taṃ padmanābhākhyaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam ..

> approached that sage named Padmanābha, who was devoted to Nārāyaṇa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.55)

āyayau bhakṣituṃ krūraḥ kṣudhayā paripīḍataḥ .. 25 ..

> cruel and tormented by hunger, he came to devour him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.56)

brāhmaṇaṃ tarasā so'yaṃ rākṣaso jagṛhe tadā ..

> Then that rākṣasa forcefully seized the brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.57)

gṛhītastarasā ten vipro vedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 54 ..

> Seized forcefully by him, the twice-born, who had mastered the Vedāṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.58)

pracukrośa dayāmbhodhimāpannānāṃ parāyaṇam..

> cried out to the ocean of mercy, the refuge of the distressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.59)

nārāyaṇaṃ cakrapāṇiṃ pakṣa rakṣeti vai muhuḥ.. 27..

> to Nārāyaṇa, the discus-bearer, saying again and again: 'Protect me! Protect me!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.60)

veṃkaṭeśa dayāsindho śaraṇāgatapālaka ..

> O Veṅkaṭeśa, ocean of mercy, protector of those who take refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.61)

trāhi māṃ puruṣavyāghra rakṣovaśamupāgatam..28..

> Save me, O tiger among men, who have fallen under the power of a rākṣasa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.62)

lakṣmīkāṃta hare viṣṇo vaikuṇṭha garuḍadhvaja..

> O beloved of Lakṣmī, O Hari, O Viṣṇu, O Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, whose banner is Garuḍa!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.63)

māṃ rakṣa rākṣasākrāṃtaṃ grāhākrāṃtaṃ gajaṃ yathā.. 29..

> Protect me, who am attacked by a rākṣasa, just as \[you protected\] the elephant seized by an alligator!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.64)

dāmodara jagannātha hiraṇyāsuramardana ..

> O Dāmodara, Lord of the world, slayer of the demon Hiraṇya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.65)

prahlādamiva māṃ rakṣa rākṣasenātipīḍitam .. 2.1.23.30 ..

> Protect me, sorely afflicted by a rākṣasa, just as \[you protected\] Prahlāda!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.66)

.. atha padmanābhahananodyuktāsuravadhāya bhagavatkṛtacakrapreṣaṇam .. ..

> Now, the dispatch of the discus by the Lord for the slaying of the demon who attempted to kill Padmanābha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.67)

ityevaṃ stuvatatastasya padmanābhasya he dvijāḥ ..

> While that Padmanābha was thus praising him, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.68)

svabhaktasya bhayaṃ jñātvā cakrapāṇirdayānidhiḥ .. 31 ..

> the discus-bearer, the treasure of compassion, knowing the danger to his devotee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.69)

svacakraṃ preṣayāmāsa bhaktarakṣaṇakāraṇāt ..

> dispatched his own discus to protect his devotee.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.70)

preritaṃ viṣṇucakraṃ tadviṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā.. 32..

> Sent by Viṣṇu, the all-powerful Lord, that discus of Viṣṇu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.71)

ājagāmātha vegena cakrapuṣkariṇītaṭam..

> then arrived swiftly at the bank of the Cakra pool.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.72)

anantādityasaṃkāśamanantāgnisamaprabham.. 33..

> Resembling countless suns, of equal blaze to infinite fires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.73)

mahājvālaṃ mahānāda mahāsuravimardanam..

> with great flames, emitting a mighty roar, the crusher of mighty demons—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.74)

dṛṣṭvā sudarśanaṃ viṣṇo rākṣaso'tha pradudruve.. 34..

> seeing Viṣṇu's Sudarśana, the rākṣasa then fled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.75)

atha bhagavatpreṣitacakrakṛtāsuravadhaḥ..

> Now, the slaying of the demon by the discus sent by the Lord:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.76)

dravamāṇasya tasyāśu rākṣasasya sudarśanam..

> As that rākṣasa was fleeing, Sudarśana swiftly \[struck\] him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.77)

śiraścakarta sahasā jvālāmālādurāsadam .. 35 ..

> Suddenly severed the head of that running rākṣasa, \[a discus\] unassailable with its garland of flames. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.78)

tato vipravaro dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ patitaṃ bhuvi ..

> Then the excellent brahmin, seeing the rākṣasa fallen on the ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.79)

mudā paramayā yuktastuṣṭāva ca sudarśanam .. 36 ..

> Filled with supreme joy, praised Sudarśana: // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.80)

.. padmanābha uvāca .. ..

> Padmanābha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.81)

viṣṇucakra namaste'stu viśvarakṣaṇadīkṣita ..

> O discus of Viṣṇu, praise to you, consecrated to protect the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.82)

nārāyaṇakarāmbhoja bhūṣaṇāya namo'stu te .. 37 ..

> Praise to you, the ornament of Nārāyaṇa's lotus hand! // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.83)

yuddheṣvasurasaṃhārakuśalāya mahārava ..

> Skilled in destroying asuras in battle, of mighty roar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.84)

sudarśana namastubhyaṃ bhaktānāmārtināśana .. 38 ..

> O Sudarśana, praise to you who destroy the distress of devotees! // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.85)

rakṣa māṃ bhayasaṃvignaṃ sarvasmādapi kalmaṣāt ..

> Protect me, agitated with fear, from every impurity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.86)

svāminsudarśana vibho cakratīrthe sadā bhavān .. 39 ..

> O Master Sudarśana, all-pervading lord, may you always  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.87)

sannidhehi hitāya tvaṃ jagato muktikāṃkṣiṇaḥ ..

> Dwell in Cakratīrtha for the welfare of the world that desires liberation. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.88)

brāhmaṇenaivamuktaṃ tadviṣṇucakraṃ munīśvarāḥ .. 2.1.23.40 ..

> Addressed thus by the brahmin, O lords of sages, that discus of Viṣṇu // 2.1.23.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.89)

taṃ prāha padmanābhākhyaṃ prīṇayanniva sauhṛdāt .. 41 ..

> Spoke to him named Padmanābha, as though gladdening him out of affection: // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.90)

.. atha dvijaprārthanayā cakrakṛtavaradānādiḥ ..

> Now, the granting of boons and other \[favors\] performed by the discus at the request of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.91)

.. sudarśana uvāca .. ..

> Sudarśana said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.92)

padmanābha mahāpuṇyaṃ cakratīrthamanuttamam..

> O Padmanābha, highly meritorious is the unexcelled Cakratīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.93)

asminvasāmi satataṃ lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 42 ..

> In it I abide constantly out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.94)

tvatpīḍāṃ paricintyāhaṃ rākṣasena durātmanā .. 43 ..

> Considering your torment by that evil-minded rākṣasa, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.95)

prerito viṣṇunā vipra tvarayā samupāgataḥ ..

> Dispatched by Viṣṇu, O brahmin, I arrived in haste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.96)

tvatpīḍako'pi nihato mayā'yaṃ rākṣasādhamaḥ .. 44 ..

> And that lowest of rākṣasas who afflicted you has been slain by me. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.97)

mocitastvaṃ bhayādasmāttvaṃ hi bhakto hareḥ sadā ..

> You have been freed from this fear, for you are ever a devotee of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.98)

cakratīrthe mahāpuṇye sarvapāpahare dvija .. 45 ..

> In the highly meritorious Cakratīrtha, which takes away all sins, O twice-born, // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.99)

satataṃ lokarakṣārthaṃ sannidhānaṃ karomi te ..

> I establish my presence for you, constantly for the protection of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.100)

asminmatsannidhānātte tathānyeṣāmapi dvija .. 46 ..

> In this \[place\], due to my presence, for you as well as others, O twice-born, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.101)

itaḥ paraṃ na pīḍā syādbhūtarākṣasasambhavā ..

> Henceforth there will be no affliction arising from bhūtas or rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.102)

asminmatsannidhānātsyāccakratīrthamiti prathā .. 47 ..

> Due to my presence in this \[place\], the fame 'Cakratīrtha' will arise. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.103)

snānaṃ ye'tra prakurvanti cakratīrthe vimuktide ..

> Those who perform ritual ablution here in Cakratīrtha, which grants liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.104)

teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca vaṃśajāḥ sarva eva hi .. 48 ..

> Their sons, grandsons, and all born in their lineage indeed, // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.105)

vidhūtapāpā yāsyanti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ..

> Cleansed of sin, will go to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.106)

ityuktvā viṣṇucakraṃ tatpadmanābhasya paśyataḥ .. 49 ..

> Having spoken thus, that discus of Viṣṇu, while Padmanābha watched // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.107)

anyeṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ paśyatāṃ sahasā dvijāḥ ..

> And while other brahmins also watched, suddenly, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.108)

cakrapuṣkariṇīṃ tāṃ tu prāviśatpāpanāśinīm .. 2.1.23.50 ..

> Entered that Cakra pond which destroys sins. // 2.1.23.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.109)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.110)

cakratīrthasya māhātmyaṃ viprendrāḥ pāpanāśanam ..

> The sin-destroying māhātmya of Cakratīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.111)

yuṣmākaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ śaunakādyā mahaujasaḥ .. 51 ..

> Has all been recounted to you, O foremost brahmins, Śaunaka and others of great splendor. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.112)

cakratīrthasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..

> A sacred ford equal to Cakratīrtha never was, nor will ever be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.113)

atra snātvā narā viprā mokṣabhājo na saṃśayaḥ ..92 ..

> Having bathed here, men become partakers of liberation, O brahmins, without a doubt. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.114)

kīrtayedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ ..

> Whoever proclaims this chapter or hears it with concentrated mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.115)

cakratīrthābhiṣekasya prāpnoti phalamuttamam .. 53 ..

> Obtains the excellent fruit of bathing in Cakratīrtha. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.23.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.23.116)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye cakratīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Cakratīrtha,' in the Śrī Veṃkaṭācala-māhātmya in the second Vaiṣṇava section of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.23.1) — English, machine translation

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